High Adventure

We are happy to have Tadj back home after his week long "vacation" with 15 year old boys. He was hiking and canoeing at Ross Lake with the scouts. They hiked about 20 miles over 2 days (10 miles short of their goal because the boys feet were so blistered) , spent the following day recuperating and then canoed 3 days back. They survived a lightning storm...while in canoes on the water. So scary!

This is how Tadj found some of the young men after he rounded a corner in the trail. Don't they look exhausted?

Tadj with his fishing/canoe buddy, Josh.

As for the rest of us..we celebrated the 4th of July at Emerald Downs (well, actually it was the 3rd of July) with Abbie, Sean, Kylee, Marj, and John. A big thank you to Marj and John because I wouldn't have been able to go this year without their help, since Tadj was away. It seems this Emerald Downs independence day celebration is becoming a tradition for us. The 4th of July was spent at home recuperating from a long week. It turns out we have quite the neighborhood show. I am so glad our house didn't burn down this year, or in years past. We missed out on our traditional 4th of July visit to celebration park but maybe next year.