Day 3

Ian woke up early and took Xander and Michael fishing at Sheepscrossing. The rest of us lazed around. Played cards:

Played in cars:

Worked (ok, only one of us worked):
Explored:
Found more sticks:
Evan worked up an appetite and ended up eating all of the left over steak from the night before. I've never seen him eat so much red meat. It was entertaining to say the least.


Darrel, Trina and I and the kids made the trek to Greens Peak. It was a cold, windy day. We hiked half way up and then hiked half way down. It makes me sad when I think about what I will see the next time we hike up there. I can't believe I didn't take any pictures! I think I was too busy chasing Evan around.

Finally around 4 the boys returned from fishing. They caught quite a few fish and brought some home to fry up. Michael's were giving each other a goodbye kiss:

I took more pictures while the boys cleaned and cooked the fish.

I love these two :)And these three.
We left a little after 5. We expected to hit a lot of traffic but hit none. I think we made it home in record time. We hope to go up again soon.

Lodge: the last day

Tuesday was our last day at the Lodge. In the morning, Hudson and Xander rescued a woodpecker from the garage. After they freed it, it perched on Xander's shoulder and stayed there a good 5 minutes. Ian was worried that it was injured, but after a little while it flew away. It was so cool. After that, we decided to take a trip to Greens Peak.

Note to self: I HATE driving up Greens Peak. At the top everyone but me went up the look out tower. I've been up there once and it sways when it's windy. No thanks.

We then walked a little ways to the look out.

Notice the boys and their sticks. Because a trip to the Lodge isn't successful unless you have a stick to carve, whittle and hit things (or people) with.

Hudson took a picture of us. I think my legs look fat but oh well, I'm over it. After that we packed up and headed home to the heat. It was a little depressing. We are already trying to figure out when we can get away to go up next. We all love it there.