So, I got home from Lake Powell, worked 5 almost 12-hour days, another week of 10-hour days and then went to girl's camp. I am back now, showered, pumiced, laundered (which took all day yesterday) and preparing my YW lesson. I will post GC pics soon. We had a blast!

Scenery and Stuff

The Crossing

Crossing the Border...




Uh-oh. Border Patrol.

People of Lake Powell, too.

Copying Maud'Dib's format ('cause it's cool!), here are the people of Lake Powell.

The Crew:The Rock, Desertbound, Panguitch Joe, Tristano, Cindy, Nicoletta, Baby Jane
McKay, Michex, Mayflower, Scout & Haley in the very front!


The Mission: Hike to Coyote Gulch via Crack in the Wall - camp, play, eat, drink, explore, ponder, nap, filter, shoot, bathe, crawl, laugh, wade, jump, talk, sing, bless, bond, hold onto & let go.



Highlights:

- Stopping at the Bremner's house in Panguitch.

- Perfect weather.

- Having Jane & Haley along.

- Marveling at Tristano & Nicoletta's energy, enthusiasm & innovation with the diaper drying:)


- McKay & Mayflower always getting along and enjoying each other's company as they played in the sand and in the stream.

- Being with best friends.

- Watching The Rock, Joe and Scout take the "plunge" off the rock into the Escalante river.



- Enjoying Scout & Michex's company as we explored hidden waterfalls and sunbathed on the rock.






Oh, what a bummer!
- Mayflower running a fever, headache, sore throat & tummy ache on day 2.
- The Rock completely breaking off a crowned tooth on day 2.
- Missing Shematite :(
Now, back to highlights!
- McKay's excitement when he was told he had to bring his headlamp...


- Hiking/running to Steven's Arch before darkness set in...
- Hiking back to camp in the dark with our headlamps:)
- Cindy & Scout making 2 trips up the sand hill (one came back to carry Haley, the other to carry Mayflower's backpack). Wow.

- Sunrise
(Notice in the above picture, the streambed has eroded down about 12 ft since I was here last in 2004.)

- Sunset
- Moonrise :)
- Croaking Frogs.
- Mayflower hearing, then seeing the rattlesnake on the trail and giving a nice calm warning-really. We watched it drag it's lunch (dead mouse) into the bushes.

- Being reminded how strong my family is.


- Looking forward to our next expedition.

Flower Duet

For the past year and a half I have felt that a lot of the beauty I have been able to create has been lost along with my voice. So, for the past several weeks, this is what I have been doing in my spare time...

Overheard...

Overheard at work:

Teenage girl (talking to our surgery scheduler as she gets set-up to have her tonsils and adenoids out): So, he(meaning the doctor) said that if this doesn't help my sore throats and all the drainage and mucus in my nose that we could look at my allergies. Is that like a body part or something? Can they take those out?....

Please, dear child. Feel better quickly and get back to school as soon as possible:)