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September 10, 2005
The Great Northwest - Part 3 (0)
Ramona Falls
Jeremy suggested the hike up to Ramona falls. Even though he explained that it was about 7 miles- that just didn't register. Four hours later I was wiped out. While Grandma stayed at camp with a recently bee-stung Emma and Sophia. Grandpa, Jen, Jeremy, Scooter, Karen, Francesca and I set out on the most beautiful hike I've been on.
Francesca loved the backpack. In fact she wanted to get it in it several other times throughout the trip. She enjoyed seeing the Sandy river, dogs and horses, but her favorite things were large boulders. I would lean over so that she could touch them. She would utter in a guttural voice, "Big Rock!" followed by "Wanna touch it!"
Francesca fell asleep about 30 minutes from the falls, only to wake up to the group of us rolling with laughter at the top. Too bad I can't remember what got such a belly laugh from us all...but then again sometimes those things are less funny when you remember them.
We headed back down, and that is when the hike became spectacular. The other side of the loop follows a small creek surrounded by a lush forest floor of green moss. The trees stretch to the sky leaving only a dapple of sunlight here and there. Our late afternoon timing on a sunny day couldn't have been more perfect. Jeremy said it best, "Welcome to Lothlorien."
I took tons of photos. I joked that I was going to produce a Ramona Falls calendar. Below you will find thumbnails to the 9 months I got covered on our brief walk. I didn't want to lose all of the detail by shrinking them to blog-size, so when you click them, a fairly large photo will pop up in a new window. There are a couple I really like.
Sometime that day I decided that everyone should get a "camp" nickname. I think I was the only person dedicated to the idea. There were some failed attempts... Jennifer was "Coffee Knee" due to a rather large spill. Harrison tried to give me the name "Coffee Monkey" which I liked but it didn't really stick. Sophia decided she wanted to name herself "Rock" from Rock, Paper, Scissors.
The only one that really worked was the one I gave Harrison: Scooter. He was always on his Razr scooter and it's a funny name. He begged to be called Hank, but as I said, "Until we break camp, we have to use your camp nickname." Thanks for being a good sport Scooter...I mean Hank.
Before and After
Francesca Touches a Rock
Jen, Jeremy, and Scooter at Sandy River
Passed Out
I had a cool little table for this that I spent a good bit of time on getting it to work in "preview." When I published it all Hell broke loose. HTML sometimes makes me feel like an idiot...
The Incomplete Calendar
Posted by Rich at September 10, 2005 1:49 PM
