An edgy editor at the Rattlesnake
How's your high diving technique, Gav?
Looking down and through the valley
Gavin had the enthusiasm as well as showing us a clear pair of heals as we headed up Rattlesnake trail.
It is a little under 5 miles with a reasonable gradient but still a good workout. In the same vein as Oregon,
the terrain is covered in trees and there's much water, too. In a little misunderstanding, the editor thought
we wanted to rest before going to Europe whereas we had similar thoughts about the editor's aspirations. Gav
solved the problem by providing his Mom with a Mother's day present of a hike followed by chocolate. We still
don't know whether the motivation for the hike was the joy of the wonderful sights at the top combined with the
satisfaction felt after exertion or the thought of white milk chocolate later. That question will probably go
unanswered although the chocolate will not remain uneaten.
Above it all and feeling a little dizzy
Ironman 'Micro-Softy' of Seattle.
We met a few of Gavin's friends again, always nice to touch base on each visit. We watched the indoor soccer
on Thursday as our son was prolific in the scoring department. We had a visit from Gavin's very good friends,
Candace and Michael. He met Mike at college, shared a room for three years, joined Microsoft at the same time
and have lived in the Seattle area all of twelve years. They have three wonderful girls under the age of 4 ½.
The middle girl, Maggie, was getting ready to leave the other day after a visit. She ran around the room kissing
and hugging each of us 'goodbye' without instruction from Candace. On completion, she headed to the middle of
the room, faced the five of us and exclaimed, "Is there anyone else to kiss? Did I do everyone?" This was from
a toddler, not yet 2 ½. Out of the mouths of babes.
He thinks he's climbing; actually groveling before editor
Seattle area mountains are steamin'
Gavin likes to 'rag' us, especially his dad who created the gap. The opening being the frequent expression of
this 'hike or that hike' being in the top-5 or top-10. Our son, who is the engineering type, probably has
kept tally and decided that we have at least 40 top-5 hikes—that's on the low side. While we concede he is
correct, our apparent inaccuracies or exaggerations are easily remedied. We have been working in tenths or to
put it another way, our rating system has accommodated the limitations in the numerical system, using decimals
to the full extent. We suppose that's sufficient technical nonsense for one day or blog.How's that Mr. 'Smarty-pants'?
Reflections on a gentle lake at ground level again
Preparing for the Alps
Cheers,
Jenni and Jeffrey
Scenes from our trip to Zurich or 'Korny Korner'
Clouds like this confused the pilot. He was going to divert the flight to Newark before we read him the riot act.
The first part is true, the latter is how we felt.
Flaming gold at the end of the rainbow...cloud
'Bandit' gets it in the tail. Our pilot fires at an enemy aircraft. That'll teach Delta to encroach in our airspace
The internet connection was amazing. The downside is one has to sit on the wing to enjoy it.
Dark cloud, bright sun through a hazy window
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