Saturday, June 16, 2018

High adventure


Ethan came home today. He was tired and stinky and had lots of scratches and bug bites. 

They had a great time. So from what I gathered there was plenty of food. The nights were so cold and Ethan froze. They hiked a lot. 
There were a couple injuries: Preston burned his foot when he did the fire walk slowly. The trick is to walk fast. Brody got a fish hook caught deep in his finger, ouch! All boys have scrapes and cuts of various natures. 
They saw a beaver and foxes and a coyote but no bears. 
Brother Chronis told very funny stories around the camp fire. 
One day they hiked to the 7 teacups, which involved crossing a tributary of the Kern. Bro. Silva swam across first with a rope and tied it off.  Then everyone else followed by hanging on to the rope so as not to be swept into the rocks. E said he considered not doing it (but obviously his better judgement took over and he too took off his shoes and crossed). My question is always “who is the adult supervision?” With men in charge it is very iffy that there is any.



Then they free climbed one rock face after another. Stopping at the pools of water at the top of each that are filled by the cascading waterfall coming from the one above it. They jumped off rocks into the pools and had a great time. Also no one died. 
Some boys caught fish. Some hiked and messed around. A few played card games. 

I can’t wait to see the photos!! 

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