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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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. |
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 & Pear." |
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 |
![]() 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.) |
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!! | |