July 21st was our 12th wedding anniversary. Wow! We were able to celebrate it together on Saturday, the 26th by climbing Mt. Ellinor in Olympic National Park. It was my first ever real mountain hike (as opposed to an easy nature walk). Most of the trail was very well-groomed and so the going was fairly easy. The snow chute, however, was a bit challenging on the way up and a lot of fun on the way down. (Both our rear-ends were drenched!)
We had a nice lunch up at the peak, saw some mountain goats, Douglas squirrels and lots of wildflowers (it's just now springtime up there). Visibility was poor at the peak but that was fine by me since I'm afraid of heights. ;o) Visibility was better below the snow chute so we were able to appreciate the lovely vista.
Afterward, we returned home to clean up and then went to see The Dark Knight. Woo-hoo!! It was BATASTIC! I was afraid it was getting better reviews than it deserved because of the death of Heath Ledger, but I was so wrong. The plot was complex, the action was thrilling, the cinematography was stellar, the soundtrack was good and the acting was fabulous. And Heath Ledger's performance as The Joker really was astounding. I can't imagine anyone being able to fill his shoes to take over that role. I rather hope they don't even try.
We owe a mountain of thank yous to Linda for making our anniversary celebration possible. She kept all three boys for us so we could go hiking. We love you, Linda. Thank you so much.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Happy 12th Anniversary!
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It was our 12th Anniversary too..only it looks like you had a better celebration than we did...Larry went out of town and when he got back, we had Sonic!! I guess I celebrated by eating tator tots (since I'm on weight watchers!!)... HAPPY ANNIVERSARY...Love ya'll
Cathy
You did it! Hooray! It's a great hike, isn't it? Chris and Nick did it when Nick was just 3, if you can believe it. Chris carried him some of the way, but he hiked most of it. Glad you got to see the goats, too.
Ditto on Batman. Wow.
Good for you guys for getting away. Looks like you had a great time. I love the mountain goat picture.
Congratulations on 12 wonderful years!! That's so great!!
Belated congrats on the anniversary. Is it weird that I always remember the June 24th anniversary? Or is it June 23rd? haha. But as always, I forget to send something. Sheesh.
Looks like you guys had a great time!
Ditto on The Dark Knight. I'll have to send you an email.
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