AUGUST 29th, 30th & 31st
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29th
IT HAD RAINED THE NIGHT BEFORE SO IT WAS STILL CHILLY IN THE AIR
WE DROVE TO SODA SPRINGS, NOT EXPECTING TO SEE MUCH, BUT WERE SURPRISED!
THEY HAVE A NATURAL SPRING WITH CARBONATED WATER, THEY CALL IT HOOPER SPRINGS. LOGAN SAVED SOME IN HIS WATER BOTTLE TO TAKE HOME. THEY CHECKED OUT THE PARK AND OLD CABIN ON THE PROPERTY, THEN WE HAD LUNCH AT THE ARCTIC CIRCLE IN SODA SPRINGS
AN OLD SKI LIFT MADE INTO A SWING
WE DISCOVERED A MAN MADE GEYSER, BOYS LIKED THAT!
IT WAS GOING TO BE A HOT SPRINGS RESORT FOR THE TOWN. THEY DRILLED ONLY TO FIND THAT THE MINERALS WERE TOO TOXIC WASHINGTON TOLD THEN THAT IT WAS AFFECTING OLD FAITHFUL.....GO FIGURE THAT OUT! SO THE GOVERNMENT MADE THEM CAP IT AND NOW EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR THE GEYSER GOES OFF.
THE SPRING COMING FROM THE GEYSER....THE WATER WILL SPRAY OUT OF A LARGE TUBE NEXT TO THIS SPRING
DRESDEN AND LOGAN RAN UP TO THE TOP WHERE THE WIND WAS BLOWING THE WATER SO THEY COULD GET WET.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON THE BOYS WENT DOWN THE RIVER. IT WAS STILL TOO COLD AND THE TUBS WERE NOT AS STABLE AS THEY WOULD HAVE LIKED. ALSO THE RIVER WAS GETTING VERY LOW. THEY BUMPED AND RECEIVED A FEW SCRAPES ALONG THE WAY.
JOHNS FIRST BUMP ON A ROCK LAUNCHED STRIDER OUT OF HIS LAP!
LUCKILY STRIDER HAD HIS LIFE JACKET ON AND SOME GOOD SAMARITANS
PICKED HIM UP AND PUT HIM ON THEIR FOUR SEAT TUBE.
SATURDAY NIGHT
WE WENT TO THE FAMOUS LAVA HOT SPRINGS HOT TUBS
SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE BOYS IN OUR PROWLER. DRESDEN WAS SUCH A GOOD SPORT TO SLEEP ON THE FLOOR!
SUNDAY, AUGUST 30th
DRESDEN, LOGAN AND I PLAYED CARDS, STRIDER WATCHED VIDEOS AND PAPA READ HIS BOOK ON CHINA (WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO THE BIG DAY)
WE WENT BACK TO THE POOLS IN THE AFTERNOON
SUNDAY NIGHT
OUR LAST NIGHT, WE FINALLY HAD A FIRE AND ROASTED MARSHMALLOWS.
STRIDER WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO WANTED SMORES.
MONDAY, AUGUST 31st
LEAVING CAMP AND HEADING HOME
FIRST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER
CAPPING OFF THE OLD PIPE......END OF THE LONG JOURNEY OF MOVING THE SUBSTATION FROM OUR BACK YARD
