Wichitas with Chinese
Friends
February 15, 2014 |
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We enjoyed a lovely Saturday in the Wichita
Mountains Wildlife Refuge with a big group of fun friends.
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| David on top of Mt. Scott |
Rui - reaching into the fire for the newly-discovered delicacy of
roasted Pringles. They tell me they taste great. |
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Casazzas |
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Eric, teaching Michael the basics of knife throwing - essential
skills! |
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Isaac - happy to have his hamburger |
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Everyone enjoyed chow time |
| Now that's a hamburger! XiaoXing knows how to do it up right. |
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| Now it's time to walk off those burgers in the Charons Garden area |
And we're off! |
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| We stayed in a tight formation at first. |
Then we got a little more spread out. |
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| Now it appears we're dragging too far behind! |
Beautiful couple - Edison and XiaoXing |
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The guys gave each other a hard time almost constantly.
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Heading up to the waterfall. There isn't much water now,
but it was still nice. |
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| Michael the explorer |
David the conqueror |
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| Simba the cool dude with Eric the guide |
Shawnna the happy |
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| Goofing off |
Rui, looking all GQ |
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| Happy couple |
Simba on the move |
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| Here Eric gives a cactus safety lesson |
Edison reads the droppings, telling us it was a pregnant female deer |
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| Scrambling up the hillside |
Eric was harassing Simba and having a lot of fun with it. |
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He also can't resist a boulder problem.
David has the climbing bug too! |
| He always has to be on top of the tallest stuff around. |
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| Edison, stealing the scene |
Rui says, "Nothing to see here!" |
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| The boys preparing snow balls which they threw at Edison |
Poor Edison! Their snowballs pierced him in the heart. |
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Famous rock formation in the area called, "Pear & Apple." I
guess
we were looking at it from behind because it looks like "Apple &
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A network of caves created by giant fallen boulders. |
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| We ran into Eric's climbing friend Ryan there. |
Eric glowing in a beam of light. This is how he appears to me
all the time. J |
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| The frozen waterfall was a popular photo opportunity - Rui |
Simba |
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| Michael |
XiaoXing |
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| Isaac (YunLong) |
Michael holds up the boulder so that we can escape safely |
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| David - king of the mountain |
Edison plays it cool |
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On the LONG hike out, here we are taking a break to pick
cactus needles from XiaoXing's pants |
Having a good time, despite being tired. |
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| Isaac says "Peace Out" |
My favorite part of the park is the Prairie Dog town |
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| Poor Eric can't drive past it, I always have to stop to look at them. |
Everyone enjoying the Prairie Dogs |
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We decided to do another hike to allow Eric & David to do a little
climbing. This is a lovely shot of the 40-Foot Hole area. |
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Pretty girl in some pretty scenery. |
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Eric climbed laps until he was tired. |
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| Eric making an awkward move |
David taking a turn |
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| Enjoying a friendly dog back at the parking lot |
Artistic shot of a longhorn (OK, I just blurred it, but
let's call it artistic.) |
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Beautiful sunset
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We didn't see much wildlife, but we drove by these longhorns
on the way out. |
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The sunset just kept getting more and more beautiful.
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Scenes from dinner at Fisherman's Cove
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Great trip!! |
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