i are, therefore i blog: High Adventure

Hello all! This week was high adventure for the boys in our ward. I couldn't get work off for the whole camp, but what I attended was great. I also lucked out, cause work scheduled their 4th of July party on Friday, and I had to be back for work that day too!

For high adventure we went down to the Great Sand Dunes in southern Colorado. The first day was a half day of travel, followed by some sledding on the dunes. The sleds didn't work out very well though... They have sleds for rent somewhere there, and their sleds seem to work great. I'm not sure what's going on in this picture, but I think everyone still had fun hiking the dunes, and especially running down them.

And here's a shot of the dunes. The boys went up to the top of that peak, and we followed to here. As long as you can see 'em, right?

On Thursday morning we had a visitor in our camp site. Thankfully it was not a bear! A deer came over to see what it could scrounge up from our dinner the night before. The ironic part is that we didn't even use the table it is licking...

Thursday we went out mountain biking. I had a lot of fun, so of course everyone did! I think I was probably the worst bike rider there, at least at the start. I haven't ridden a bike in a long time! Fortunately my assistant, Troy, had a bike and couldn't make it on the trip. Even more fortunate is that his bike is really nice! Possibly less fortunate is that I took it for possibly the maiden voyage, so if I messed anything up he'll know...

While on the trail we found this deer hoof. It was on the way back, and was an excellent marker of the fact we went the wrong way! Our trail split off just before here. It really helped as a marker as I sent a text to the rest of the people coming to let them know, and I'm pretty sure every single person rode up to the deer hoof and knew to turn around. Thanks deer.

As mentioned before, Friday was SEAKRs 4th of July party! It was great. They had food, a band, and glow sticks and leis for the kids. Brooke was so happy she just couldn't stop dancing! I think it will be even better as Brooke gets older as they have a children's bike parade with decorations for the bikes!

Luckily there was plenty of grass to play in! Brooke loves to run away from me when I say "I'm gonna get you!" So I was chasing her all around and then I'd catch her and pick her up and flip her upside down. It was a lot of fun. We stayed till around 7, which was still well past Brooke's bed time. We sadly didn't make it until 9:30 when the fire work show happened.