Why are weekends only two days long?

I'm sad to see the weekend come to an end. I could use a few more days like yesterday & today to relax, regroup, and refresh. 

On Saturday, I was able to hit a few garage sales in the morning, lounge by the lake with Craig, Gina and some new friends in the afternoon, and visit with Hannah, Isaac, and Vanessa for drinks and a movie in the evening. Fun!

After making a pancake breakfast at home this morning, Steve and I met up and headed to Camel’s Hump (4,079 ft) for a hike. At first, the clouds in the sky looked a bit ominous. But, as we hiked up the sun began to peek through the trees. The trail was quite muddy from all of the rain we’ve gotten but, we managed to find our way around the small bogs and up to the top. 

Steve checked in at one point to see where his iphone said we were. Surprise! It told us that we were actually in the middle of the woods.

As always, it was chilly on the west side of the mountain.

A large number of us were enjoying the view from the east side when, all of a sudden, a hiker launched a kite into the sky from a laying down position. The wind was whipping. We were all pretty sure that either he was going to get swept away by the power of the wind underneath his kite or we were going to die due to head trauma upon kite impact. The loud sound the kite made was very unsettling. Finally, a group decision was made among the other hikers and one woman went over to the kite flyer and asked him to kindly bring his kite down. He did. Shortly after that…Steve and I started our hike down. Our trip up and down the mountain took a total of 3 hours.

Somehow it’s already 8:30pm. This day has flown by. I think I'll sleep well tonight. Goodnight!