Two days ago we did a one-day trek to the mountains of the north. It was quite the adventure! My sister Fran just asked about safety standards here in general, and I think my insurance companies would have had a collective heart attack at any point during the day if they could have seen us! From the long drive in the open-sided busses (no seat belts, of course) to the very challenging hike through the jungle (we didn't all have proper shoes for this) to a water fall, to the REAL white water rafting with a river guide and boat full of people who spoke different languages, to the barefoot walking in the rocky river to the bamboo rafts (ouch!!). The elephant riding was probably the safest part of the trip - wait until you see the photo of Maya sitting on the crossed legs of a baby elephant! Anyway, I loved it! The hiking and paddling put me right back to my hiking/canoeing days, just in a bit different context. We were with two young women from New Zealand and two men from Israel. You get close very fast in an adventurous day like that!
Let's see if I can figure out how to post photos - oops, all the photos are on the other computer which is out of juice at the moment. We'll have to add them later.
Contest: Can you guess which list of things we miss from home belongs to which of the IB's? The items listed for each person are NOT necessarily in priority order.
#1
Friends/family
my bed
clothes
cell phone
make up mirror
our house
our street
our neighborhood
school
stores
California
snuggling in warm blankets
napkins
a fridge full of food
#2
school
friends
neighbors
holidays
TV
being cold
clothes
hot showers
church
my big bed
#3
little kids
Peet's coffee
hot, strong showers
friends
needing a blanket at night
church
#4
regular work (but not TOO much)
cool nights
friends/family
church
big glasses of cold milk
clean air
More later!
4 comments:
The lists belong to 1-Kalin, 2- Maya, 3- Laila, 4- Rinda. Have I won some thing Grand?
OK here's my list, what I miss about you (all four).
Smiles
hugs
conversation
stopping by the house
seeing you at church
Sharing the big and small events of our lives ( the blog helps)
Can't wait to see the picture of Maya with the baby elephant.
Love,
Katrinca
oohh my turn ok-
1. Sorry kay, the make up mirror was a dead giveaway
2. Maya- she loves her holidays, and TV!
3. Laila Loves peets and little kids, duh! and her needing a blanket at night
4. Rinda- she always has milk at dinner,
And I swear i didn't peek at trinca's answer! but i will follow suit with my list of things I miss about the IB's
grand prize? you fly me to Mexico to meet you guys? maybe i'll quit my job . . . .
*Calling you guys to talk about my day/problems/worries/joys or whatever's going on at the moment
* great hugs of four different varieties
* good/bad about my day LIVE and in person
* laughing at the door at stories cause i'd rather stay and talk than leave
* disneyland adventures!
* hearing about the day to day gossip from my two favorite under eigthteeners
* planning latkah parties
More contests please!
Love you guys!xoxo
Kalvin cut my hair today - what a totally nice guy! - and Denise was there too. Kalvin asked me to say hi for him since he's computer phobic. I'll tell next time him how Rinda escaped the head lice - he'll love it!
We went to Mark Evan's post-wedding party at church tonight. Jennifer seems really delightful.
Wynnie had big fun at the Woolsey sleepover last night, and is at a SECOND sleepover with Mattea and Kelsey tonight. We are in for it tomorrow.
Happy elephants!
Ok, Rinda, this is a big deal for this old soul struggling with blogs, addresses and yearning to communicate with you. Let me know that you have received this short message filled with love for all of you and I'll get into the swing of this. We love reading every word written by the four of you and so admire the energy and courage it took to make this huge leap for womankind. You four will have stories to tell forever. And I agree with Sasha. The little bit of work was revealing for me! With much love and admiration. Bev and John
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