Inside of Outside
Spent the whole morning playing with Yazi, Toby, Kalika, Zoe and Emilio. Cutest kids ever. I want one. Went shopping. Bought some stuff. Locked myself out of the car. Called RACV. Sat in the parking lot eating ice cream with a stick until they arrived. Got lots of strange looks. Stayed at Ben's place. Played guitar. Learning to pick.
Showing posts with label crazy fun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crazy fun. Show all posts
06 March 2011
Aus 42
Inside of Outside
Rafting! Some tension, but nothing major. Nearly pinned a raft! Flipped it later. Blokes throwing stones. One hit in the head. Fun day. Drove Sandy, Toby and Yazi to Melbourne. Toby and Yazi are seven and awesome. Sandy too. Stayed at Sandy's parents.
Rafting! Some tension, but nothing major. Nearly pinned a raft! Flipped it later. Blokes throwing stones. One hit in the head. Fun day. Drove Sandy, Toby and Yazi to Melbourne. Toby and Yazi are seven and awesome. Sandy too. Stayed at Sandy's parents.
Aus 37
Inside of Outside
Up and at 'em again. River meet at 1030. Borrowed Gus's yak. Frankie quite nervous. Ben, Kate, Claire all showed up too, plus bunch of people from the Valley. One six person raft and five kayakers. Took lots of photos and videos. Practiced back deck roll. Gracebrook for eats and photo swap, then to Typo to sort out some scheduling. Back to Gus's for peanut sauce pasta and stir fry.
Up and at 'em again. River meet at 1030. Borrowed Gus's yak. Frankie quite nervous. Ben, Kate, Claire all showed up too, plus bunch of people from the Valley. One six person raft and five kayakers. Took lots of photos and videos. Practiced back deck roll. Gracebrook for eats and photo swap, then to Typo to sort out some scheduling. Back to Gus's for peanut sauce pasta and stir fry.
Aus 36
Inside of Outside
Early up and meet at 845. Ben, Kate, Gus, Frankie, Me. Gather gear. Divvy gear. Load gear. Drive troopies to Lake Cobbler. Wowed by view of Dandongadale Falls. Hate driving near precipices. Bush bashed for an hour plus. Gorgeous mountain views. Got to top of waterfall. Drank all day straight from crystal clear cool mountain streams. Nothing better. Rappelled / Abseiled off several cliffs. Best one - 45 meter drop with a giant overhang, so no wall nearby, with a waterfall beside. Swore when I went over the cliff. Then rock-hopped, bush-bashed, creek-walked for a couple of hours back to troopie. Quick gear clean, and rush to Community Dinner. Had some great venison stew. Amazing event. Everything free, just so the community can come together. Wood-fired pizza. Apple pastries, mixed berry cobbler, polenta, coleslaw, potato salad. Ate too much. Drank some grown in the valley wine. Danced a lot. Combo made me sick, but not enough to stop dancing.
Early up and meet at 845. Ben, Kate, Gus, Frankie, Me. Gather gear. Divvy gear. Load gear. Drive troopies to Lake Cobbler. Wowed by view of Dandongadale Falls. Hate driving near precipices. Bush bashed for an hour plus. Gorgeous mountain views. Got to top of waterfall. Drank all day straight from crystal clear cool mountain streams. Nothing better. Rappelled / Abseiled off several cliffs. Best one - 45 meter drop with a giant overhang, so no wall nearby, with a waterfall beside. Swore when I went over the cliff. Then rock-hopped, bush-bashed, creek-walked for a couple of hours back to troopie. Quick gear clean, and rush to Community Dinner. Had some great venison stew. Amazing event. Everything free, just so the community can come together. Wood-fired pizza. Apple pastries, mixed berry cobbler, polenta, coleslaw, potato salad. Ate too much. Drank some grown in the valley wine. Danced a lot. Combo made me sick, but not enough to stop dancing.30 September 2006
3 Riders
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Driving down Highway 82 yesterday, on my way to visit Angela and Darcy Force and Athena Meraña, I passed three bicyclists. They had their sleeping pads and other gear strapped onto the back of their bikes, and were riding up a long, energy-sapping hill. For some reason, I thought it would be nifty to leave them a note of encouragement. So I stopped by the side of the road, and taped a message and two energy bars to the safety rail.
It makes me laugh to think of their reaction. I wasn't going to put my name on the note, but then I thought, Hey, why not? Maybe they'll look me up and send me a note telling me that I'm a little weird. Or maybe one day, I'll meet one of them, and they'll start telling me a story about how they were on a cross-country bike trip, and some odd person left them a couple of energy bars taped to a safety rail . . .
Driving down Highway 82 yesterday, on my way to visit Angela and Darcy Force and Athena Meraña, I passed three bicyclists. They had their sleeping pads and other gear strapped onto the back of their bikes, and were riding up a long, energy-sapping hill. For some reason, I thought it would be nifty to leave them a note of encouragement. So I stopped by the side of the road, and taped a message and two energy bars to the safety rail.
It makes me laugh to think of their reaction. I wasn't going to put my name on the note, but then I thought, Hey, why not? Maybe they'll look me up and send me a note telling me that I'm a little weird. Or maybe one day, I'll meet one of them, and they'll start telling me a story about how they were on a cross-country bike trip, and some odd person left them a couple of energy bars taped to a safety rail . . .
25 February 2006
21 January 2006
Urban Caving
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Last Saturday, a bunch of us were stuck for something to do . . . so we went caving. Underneath Lincoln. Guided by our fearless leader, Josh, we explored some of the water drainage pipes underneath the streets. It was pretty cool. It's not the first time I've explored them, but it is the first time I've popped out of a manhole cover. That was pretty fun. We didn't really know where we were going to pop out, but it happened to be in the median in the middle of a usually busy road. Fortunately, it was about midnight, so there weren't many cars around.
Last Saturday, a bunch of us were stuck for something to do . . . so we went caving. Underneath Lincoln. Guided by our fearless leader, Josh, we explored some of the water drainage pipes underneath the streets. It was pretty cool. It's not the first time I've explored them, but it is the first time I've popped out of a manhole cover. That was pretty fun. We didn't really know where we were going to pop out, but it happened to be in the median in the middle of a usually busy road. Fortunately, it was about midnight, so there weren't many cars around.
On the first day of Christmas . . .
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So, I know this is a little bit late, but . . . .whatever. I've accepted the fact that I'm not a consistent blogger. I tend to blog in bursts. Anyways, here's some snapshots of my Christmas.
This is the Lincoln crew posing for a 'family' picture at our potluck Christmas feast. Chester is there too (notice his leg in the bottom left corner.
This is another Christmas party in Lincoln. The theme was "The worst Christmas gift ever." Everyone tried to bring a horrible gift. Then everyone picked a random gift, and sat in the spinning chair and turned in circles while opening their gift. Notables included a rubber seal for a toilet, a carrot, a framed dead toad, and a plastic cactus. Of course, some people didn't get the memo and actually brought good gifts: a bottle of sparkly for example. Kristina even ended up with a pet fish.
This is the annual decorating of the (w)ham at home. Christmas just isn't quite Christmas without the wham. Mmmm, it's so good. This year my dad got a little creative and decided to make the wham look a little bit more like a ham.
This is Kevin, Jackie, Justin, and Diego snowshoeing. Well, except Diego. First time I've ever been snowshoeing. It was pretty cool, although the conditions weren't the greatest. Our property is on what used to be a gypsum mine, so there's a bunch of old foundations and mine structures. We found one of them while out there, we think it might have been a cistern, or maybe an old outhouse? We're not sure. Anyways, that's me, in it, looking around.
I didn't feel like wrapping my presents traditionally this year. Plus, I didn't feel like buying more wrapping paper. So I used some rubber bands (I used to collect rubber bands, so I have a lot of them sitting around) and some foam board to wrap them instead.
These are pictures from Christmas with my dad's side of the family. Unfortunately, I didn't get any good pictures of Christmas with my mom's side. Here's my mom opening her present. Then there's my dad and all of his siblings with the matching t-shirts that we got them (they spell OKIMI, from oldest to youngest). Then there's my grandmother opening my brothers' and my gift to her. She said she needed a new swim suit . . . we actually got her gift certificates to get a new swim suit, but thought it would be funny if we also got a her a neon bikini.
This is a bunch of friends hanging out playing games in the New Year, up in Oshawa, where I went to highschool.
So, I know this is a little bit late, but . . . .whatever. I've accepted the fact that I'm not a consistent blogger. I tend to blog in bursts. Anyways, here's some snapshots of my Christmas.
This is the Lincoln crew posing for a 'family' picture at our potluck Christmas feast. Chester is there too (notice his leg in the bottom left corner.
This is another Christmas party in Lincoln. The theme was "The worst Christmas gift ever." Everyone tried to bring a horrible gift. Then everyone picked a random gift, and sat in the spinning chair and turned in circles while opening their gift. Notables included a rubber seal for a toilet, a carrot, a framed dead toad, and a plastic cactus. Of course, some people didn't get the memo and actually brought good gifts: a bottle of sparkly for example. Kristina even ended up with a pet fish.
This is the annual decorating of the (w)ham at home. Christmas just isn't quite Christmas without the wham. Mmmm, it's so good. This year my dad got a little creative and decided to make the wham look a little bit more like a ham.
This is Kevin, Jackie, Justin, and Diego snowshoeing. Well, except Diego. First time I've ever been snowshoeing. It was pretty cool, although the conditions weren't the greatest. Our property is on what used to be a gypsum mine, so there's a bunch of old foundations and mine structures. We found one of them while out there, we think it might have been a cistern, or maybe an old outhouse? We're not sure. Anyways, that's me, in it, looking around.
I didn't feel like wrapping my presents traditionally this year. Plus, I didn't feel like buying more wrapping paper. So I used some rubber bands (I used to collect rubber bands, so I have a lot of them sitting around) and some foam board to wrap them instead.
These are pictures from Christmas with my dad's side of the family. Unfortunately, I didn't get any good pictures of Christmas with my mom's side. Here's my mom opening her present. Then there's my dad and all of his siblings with the matching t-shirts that we got them (they spell OKIMI, from oldest to youngest). Then there's my grandmother opening my brothers' and my gift to her. She said she needed a new swim suit . . . we actually got her gift certificates to get a new swim suit, but thought it would be funny if we also got a her a neon bikini.
This is a bunch of friends hanging out playing games in the New Year, up in Oshawa, where I went to highschool.
11 November 2005
Fall!
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I love fall. I love trying to snatch leaves out of the air as they swirl down from the trees. I love that the air is crisp and I can wear my hat and mittens. I love that it means the snow is coming soon. And I love making a big pile of leaves and playing in it with friends. You might not be able to tell from the pictures, but the pile was huge. It was almost as tall as Melanie by the time we were done. And we didn't even have a rake. Just a broom, a couple of bags, and a tennis racket or two. I think we must have spent almost as much time making the pile as we did playing in it, but that was half the fun. I'm pretty sure people were looking at us kind of funny as we were running and back and forth around campus carrying large leaf-filled bags over our heads. But whatever. We did convince a few of the people who passed by to join us for a while though.
The last picture makes me think of a bunch of Greek gods and goddesses with their leafy halos. Except, I don't think I've even seen a picutre of Greek deity laughing so much.
I love fall. I love trying to snatch leaves out of the air as they swirl down from the trees. I love that the air is crisp and I can wear my hat and mittens. I love that it means the snow is coming soon. And I love making a big pile of leaves and playing in it with friends. You might not be able to tell from the pictures, but the pile was huge. It was almost as tall as Melanie by the time we were done. And we didn't even have a rake. Just a broom, a couple of bags, and a tennis racket or two. I think we must have spent almost as much time making the pile as we did playing in it, but that was half the fun. I'm pretty sure people were looking at us kind of funny as we were running and back and forth around campus carrying large leaf-filled bags over our heads. But whatever. We did convince a few of the people who passed by to join us for a while though.
The last picture makes me think of a bunch of Greek gods and goddesses with their leafy halos. Except, I don't think I've even seen a picutre of Greek deity laughing so much.
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