A bunch of us went hiking on a full moon night. There was Hannah, Larry, Nick and Kenya, and our new friend Julie. Amber saw us off, but had to go do something else. 🙁
We hiked from the boat launch over to the “quarry”.. That I did not even know existed!
I like this picture a lot! It was really dark, and we all laid our headlights on the ground near the camera trying to light up the scene. Fortunately Larry’s camera does a good job of processing.
Here is Julie.. hiking with a bunch of strangers. Adventurous soul! This was about 11pm at night, and the first person to meet her at the parking lot was Larry. He had a machete in his hand.. she probably should have run off right there.
Our friend decided to invite a bunch of friends to do a loop endurance race.
Its where you get a allotted time to finish a loop, then each time the loop starts again, you get less time. The last person to finish the loop in time is the winner!
WAY harder than it seems, and requires a tad bit of strategy too. Rockwell did well, I think he did 7 of the 1..5 mile loops, I think I did 9? and I believe Larry did 11 or 12. out of 30 something racers, Larry came in third I believe!
Nick joined us for a few fast laps at the beginning, but had to go do something. I think his fast laps messed me up because I ran a few laps with him. 🙂
This was SO much fun. Larry and I talked about doing this for months.. the weekend before the event we had nothing to enter.. but we both had signed up! lol.. We ended up putting together a, well, file cabinet?
Workin’ it! don’t have much time!
We made it.. Even passed inspection!
Dale accompanied us.. He walked a few MILES that day.. and probably shouldn’t have.. He hurt his back. 🙁
Derby days!
Along with the race was a fair.. and you could imagine, it was quite eclectic!
Well, for one, Hannah Graduated! You saw in previous posts my daughter is awesome and wins all sorts of awards.. Turns out she did a lot of work too… You know, those college credits and all.
Her are some photos of the celebration! (I mean, I know that is why you are here.. You don’t want to just hear men drone on… 🙂 )
Time is going by so fast! I can’t keep up. Half the things that happen I have not even mentioned here.
Melinda came up to me excited and said “Do you know who James Thurber is??” And I did not. I knew the name, but did not know why.. Turns out he was a artist and writer 50 years ago. She said “You must check this guy out, he’s awesome! I found a book about him in the little library outside… I’m going to stalk his whole life!” All While hugging the book… lol.. Anyway, I looked him up and read some of his quotes. I started to read one of them out loud “Women are wiser than men..” she interrupted me at this point and said it from memory “Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more”. I guess Thurber has found a new fan!.. 🙂
Melinda has a friend visiting for the night, Emily. Emily and Melinda are friends from school. They have most of the same honors classes together. I am confident they are both in the top 10 of their class, probably higher. Anyway, they hung out outside today for a little while with some chalk.
It’s obviously a butterfly, but i called it a coffee cup.
The whale that sprayed up on the fence.
The huge chalk bunny.
Rockwell and I finally broke open the Geode that we had gotten this winter in Maggie Valley. It was much nicer inside than I expected!
This Thursday Rockwell and I went to the BMX track to get some practice in.. we have not been as actuive this year so far, and need to get going.. I was practicing jumps, and the very last time I jumped, heading for the car, I endo-ed big time and landed on my head and shoulder. I thought I broke something, but I think at this point its just banged up.. I feel like It should be back to normal in a week or two hopefully. Just pulled some muscles. I went to the local pharmacy to get a sling, and was reminded how cool my little town is. I can still spend a penny!
Anyway, I have been riding a lot lately.. Here is a early AM picture of my bike (a specialized “rockhopper”) at the lock/dam at sunrise.
And Young Makers this week, we made some more little libraries! A church wanted on, and someone wanted to put one in a park in a poor neighborhood. Works for me! The kids liked working on them too.. Using the nailgun and whatnot.
Today Hannah was in Atlanta for another band performance. After that, they went to 6 flags over Georgia I believe.
Anyway, last night she texted me and said “Our hotel is officially ridiculous!”.. And I replied “In a good way I hope”.. and she replied “Our room has two tv’s and a kitchenette!” and then said “the whole place is like that” and forwarded this picture.
Yep, that is pretty nice! 🙂
