June 16, 2008

• Happy Father’s Day

  Happy Father’s Day to my beloved.  Every year he reminds me that he celebrated Father’s Day before I celebrated Mother’s Day.  I got pregnant on our honeymoon so therefore he celebrated Father’s Day the year that we were married while I had to wait until the next year to be able to celebrate Mother’s Day.

  Anyway, this year we packed up a picnic lunch and drove up north.  We stopped in Taberg to try to collect a debt that is owed to us first then set out for Whetstone Gulf State Park.  Everyone enjoyed their picnic lunch.

  

  Some at the picnic table and other’s took their’s down to the river and partook of the goodies while standing in the water.  It was a nice warm day and the water was surprisingly warm also.

   

  I had to take this picture while standing in the river.  It is really quite shallow where we were. 

  

  Doug looks like he is having a good time.  He puts up with all of my picture taking.

  

  Then we took a hike along the top of the gorge.  The bio said that the gorge is some three miles long and 350 feet deep with a 50 foot high waterfall. 

  

  The gorge trail gives you glimpses of all of this and more.  There are shear cliffs that make your heart pound just looking at them.  We walked the whole way around the gorge and Doug estimated that the hike was about 8 miles.  Everyone was tired after that, even the Patriarch.  While we were on the hike the family was able to check in and wish him a happy father’s day.

  

  Next Sunday after PG OBrien is home for a few days and well rested we will make our annual trek up to the Adirondacks to climb Bald Mountain and picnic and kayack at Nick’s Lake.  Maybe we can even get Ian to take a day off to go with us.  Here’s to hoping.

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