"Let every individual and institution now think and act as a responsible trustee of Earth, seeking choices in ecology, economics and ethics that will provide a sustainable future, eliminate pollution, poverty and violence, awaken the wonder of life and foster peaceful progress in the human adventure."
- John McConnell, founder of International Earth Day
RIGHT NOW, and then again tomorrow and then again the next day and on it goes day after day,
1/2 OF THE WORLD lives on LESS THAN 2 DOLLARS each day.
Psalm 27:4
One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.
Do all you can and don't worry about the odds against you. Wield the miracle of life's energy, never worrying whether we fail, concerned only that whether we fail or succeed we do so with all our might. That's all we need to know to feel certain that all our force of diligent effort is worth our while on Earth.
Carl Safina, Voyage of the Turtle

Friday, July 15, 2011

Vacation 2 - Camping at Devil's lake


Family photo while camping

My friend B and her two kids and our family went camping at Devil's Lake this last week. We swam, hiked and of course ate well. The hiking was intense, way more than we expected and way higher and more steep than we had anticipated, but the kids all did well and we figure that Tuki was probably one of the youngest kids to have ever hiked to see the Balanced rock and the Devils Doorway. I was a little panicked once I realized the steepness and ruggedness of the climb, but all the kids did real well. They were all troopers. I think B and I did well considering that we are coming up on 50 in two years...

swimming in Devil's Lake

eating hardy at Paul Bunyans

group photo, look behind them to get a sense of the height we were at

sisterly help


up the trail to the summit of the first hike

group shot again

Balanced rock behind them

resting


height view - photos don't do it justice

Devil's Lake from on high
Devil's Doorway

another height view

beginning the hike down from Devil's Doorway


notice how steep it is, the trail was called rugged and difficult

more downward photos

Posted by Aves @ Call of the Phoebe at 8:39 AM

1 comment:

Brenda said...

What do you mean "almost 50"? How about a little over 45. That was fun, I'm almost ready to do it again!!
Brenda

July 15, 2011 at 1:20 PM

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