Sorry I haven't posted. Life in a full-time job is tiring! I've gotta say though, I don't miss term papers, or homework, or studying.... haha! Well, here's an update of what's been going on in my life!
Last weekend I went camping in the Washington Wilderness. For those of you who might not know, those Washingtonians take the outdoors very Seriously. Seriously I spell with a capitol S because its That Important to them. As for me, little miss Big City, eh, not so much. No running water, no electricity and an awful lot of clean, fresh air. Okay, okay, I guess that sounds pretty awesome. :) Our Support People Tony and Laurel (who used to be JVs and now donate some of their time sharing their family with us) treated us to this trip. Seven of the eight of us went (Jen was volunteering at a bereavement camp retreat that she's heavily involved with). It was a little bit of trouble getting there - we got lost and I found myself driving around in the middle of nowhere Washington at 9pm at night! With a lot of patience, helpful gas station attendants and just a dash of grace, our cars made it to the campsite. And what a weekend. I've never really been out in the wilderness like this before! It was absolutely beautiful.
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| These pictures are from our Support Person Tony's camera. He's got an awesome camera! (My pictures are still MIA. Sorry!!) |
On Saturday, we hiked up Mount Pilchuck, which was an experience to say the least. Of course we had no problem scaling the 5,320 feet! (That is to say, I huffed and puffed my way to the top!) We even hiked through SNOW! It was pretty weird, because the weather was so nice and it was so hot, but there was still a lot of snow on the ground leftover from the winter seasons. It was a grueling and challenging hike, but at the end of the day, I'm really glad I did it. Because this is what we got to see when we reached the top:
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| The Cascade Range |
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| Panorama of the view. That's Mount Rainier. |
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| There's Seattle! (That's a really zoomed in picture, by the way.) |
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| Mercy house and friends! |
We celebrated that night around a big campfire and some delicious dinner. Thank you again to Tony and Laurel for providing all of the food!
On Sunday, we made one last small hike to the Ice Caves nearby. I had never heard of an Ice Cave before, but I soon learned that an Ice Cave was the remainder of a large glacier or piece of snow that had only melted along the bottom, and left a big arch (hence, the cave) for the water to flow through. Tony assured us that these would be "nothing special" because we weren't in Alaska, but I disagree - they were pretty awesome!
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| Jesse, Little Ted, Matt, Matt, Me, Karin, Caitlin and Kevin at the Ice Caves. |
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| View looking away from the Ice Caves |
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| Karin and Kevin looking up into the cave. |
Pretty awesome, eh?
Well, I am well into Week Two of my time here at the Wintonia and I have plenty to update with, but I have to catch the 5:30 bus if I want to make it home on time, so I better run. More updates tomorrow!
Love you all!
K
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