Saturday, September 25, 2004
What a Day to Take To
A wild jaunt.
My day:
Helping Jarrett celebrate the one day this year that is not his un-birthday, I awoke early. As we left WSU, Venus' Girdle was just beginning to fade. As we drove along Harrison towards 12th the spray from the first rocks on which the waterfall up the canyon fall drifted up over the rise and was visible from the automobile. After obtaining a map at the Snowbasin lodge and applying sunscreen we began our trek accompanied by the strains of the Alpenhorn choir. A long but fun hike - we passed moose tracks, dead trees, and anti-aircraft emplacements.
As we neared the top, a snowball fight (not a fight) broke out, and the Alpenhorns, who had apparently taken the gondola up, started warming up. We arrived just in time to catch the tail end of their performance and snap a few pictures. We dragged our tired feet the last few steps to the ridge and from thence to... um... a rocky and treacherous echo-y bowl with lots and LOTS of insects buzzing around in it. When we reached the bottom near a stand of evergreens you could look up and see gossamer threads floating 30 or 40 into the air. Those crazy spiders.
We made our way to the road, on which we made our luncheon a bit later. As it was quicker and easier to walk down the ski runs than follow the road around its less steep but more meandering course, we took that route. After the hike we stopped by Farr's Ice Cream where I had the Mt. Ogden (I chose French Vanilla and Bavarian Raspberry Ripple - I couldn't help myself). Yes. Quite the birthday celebration. There was also some movie-watching and food at the Wheatley flat. Uncorked is quite the funny and thoughtful movie. I liked it.
Afterwards I did some manual labor preparing our backyard for a brick patio. A good day. I'll definitely have to spend a bit more time out in Nature before the cold weather hits.
Fun fun.
My day:
Helping Jarrett celebrate the one day this year that is not his un-birthday, I awoke early. As we left WSU, Venus' Girdle was just beginning to fade. As we drove along Harrison towards 12th the spray from the first rocks on which the waterfall up the canyon fall drifted up over the rise and was visible from the automobile. After obtaining a map at the Snowbasin lodge and applying sunscreen we began our trek accompanied by the strains of the Alpenhorn choir. A long but fun hike - we passed moose tracks, dead trees, and anti-aircraft emplacements.
As we neared the top, a snowball fight (not a fight) broke out, and the Alpenhorns, who had apparently taken the gondola up, started warming up. We arrived just in time to catch the tail end of their performance and snap a few pictures. We dragged our tired feet the last few steps to the ridge and from thence to... um... a rocky and treacherous echo-y bowl with lots and LOTS of insects buzzing around in it. When we reached the bottom near a stand of evergreens you could look up and see gossamer threads floating 30 or 40 into the air. Those crazy spiders.
We made our way to the road, on which we made our luncheon a bit later. As it was quicker and easier to walk down the ski runs than follow the road around its less steep but more meandering course, we took that route. After the hike we stopped by Farr's Ice Cream where I had the Mt. Ogden (I chose French Vanilla and Bavarian Raspberry Ripple - I couldn't help myself). Yes. Quite the birthday celebration. There was also some movie-watching and food at the Wheatley flat. Uncorked is quite the funny and thoughtful movie. I liked it.
Afterwards I did some manual labor preparing our backyard for a brick patio. A good day. I'll definitely have to spend a bit more time out in Nature before the cold weather hits.
Fun fun.
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