Ella & Rusty & Stu(GA)
Member Since 2010
yesterday: http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=99051
Hi Everyone,
It is hot, humid, lots of showers, and Rusty is feeling it. He's sitting in front of the fan, chillaxin'. Still high from his trip to camp and the fur shot there.
Now, for my climb: It had to be aborted after we had done about 2 hours on the trail. We never got to the actual ascent: this was walking through the woods to get to the mountain. The streams one normally crosses on rocks were in flood stage and were fast-moving rapids and very tricky to cross. We crossed about 4 or 5 streams until we got to a huge rapids that was too much for us. We hadn't even gotten to the always- difficult stream crossing, so we decided that it was pointless to continue. We'll do the mountain again from a different starting point and bushwhack on unmarked trails to the summit from the other side of the mountain (no streams on that side). We met a guy coming down from the summit and he said that in the bad stream crossing he had to walk through water up to his thighs, it was so high. His boots were soaked. So we were glad we turned back. In any event, we had a challenging walk on what should have been an easy trail. And we were all covered in mud.
I've spent the afternoon making a dish for a 4th-of-July party tomorrow at our friends' camp. Their camp is water access only, so we will canoe to the cook-out. Looking forward to it.
I must spend some time this evening paying bills online, but will stop by the board at some point. I hope everyone is staying cool, dry, wet, or whatever is best for where you are. We are about to start building an ark here in the Northeast. We are grieving for those brave firefighters who lost their lives in the fire near Phoenix.
bbl,
Ella & Rusty
Hi Everyone,
It is hot, humid, lots of showers, and Rusty is feeling it. He's sitting in front of the fan, chillaxin'. Still high from his trip to camp and the fur shot there.
Now, for my climb: It had to be aborted after we had done about 2 hours on the trail. We never got to the actual ascent: this was walking through the woods to get to the mountain. The streams one normally crosses on rocks were in flood stage and were fast-moving rapids and very tricky to cross. We crossed about 4 or 5 streams until we got to a huge rapids that was too much for us. We hadn't even gotten to the always- difficult stream crossing, so we decided that it was pointless to continue. We'll do the mountain again from a different starting point and bushwhack on unmarked trails to the summit from the other side of the mountain (no streams on that side). We met a guy coming down from the summit and he said that in the bad stream crossing he had to walk through water up to his thighs, it was so high. His boots were soaked. So we were glad we turned back. In any event, we had a challenging walk on what should have been an easy trail. And we were all covered in mud.
I've spent the afternoon making a dish for a 4th-of-July party tomorrow at our friends' camp. Their camp is water access only, so we will canoe to the cook-out. Looking forward to it.
I must spend some time this evening paying bills online, but will stop by the board at some point. I hope everyone is staying cool, dry, wet, or whatever is best for where you are. We are about to start building an ark here in the Northeast. We are grieving for those brave firefighters who lost their lives in the fire near Phoenix.
bbl,
Ella & Rusty
