RA Campout to Bent Tree
July 21-22, 1989
I planned an RA Campout for this weekend, but only two boys signed up: Richard McGraw and Forrest Marshall. Mark agreed to help, so we took off to Bent Tree. At least they got to roast hotdogs on the campfire. |
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This was Rod's 50th birthday, so Brenda had made a cake to go along with the hotdogs. |
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Supper with Richard, Forrest, Mark, and Jennifer Holbrook. |
Richard and Rod with the cake. |
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Forrest and Richard didn't mind the celebration since it came with cake and ice cream. Mark helps serve the ice cream. |
Mark tried some ping pong with the boys. We played some games, but had no trouble getting them to settle down for the night. To make it more a camping experience, they had pitched a tent in the woods near the house. |
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Richard and Forest were proud to get the tent up and were ready to crawl into it. |
Once they got into their sleeping bags, they slept through the night. We didn't hear a peep out of them. |
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In the morning after breakfast we headed out for a hike. Jennifer Holbrook had come up, so she joined us on the hike. |
We followed our traditional route up Chestnut Cove Trail and then up to the ridge which leads up Big Stump Mountain. We paused here at the rock ridge for a break after the steepest part of the climb. |
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Up Big Stump Mountain to the level of the rock ridge. |
We climbed to the top of Big Stump Mountain to the water tanks, and are now heading back down the mountain to the house. |
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