Maddy comes home

Maddy came home from South America last night. She seemed as glad to be home as we were to have her home.

Her plane arrived on time and we hoped to meet her as she left security although the official plan was to meet her at baggage claim. She didn’t have cell phone so we could connect if we missed her so I went to baggage claim while Barb and Max waited at the security exit. Barb and Max met her and I was a little late catching up but Maddy still gave me a big hug:

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We waited and waited for her baggage. There was an accident on the tarmac and it was delayed. Finally the luggage starting showing up but her backpack wasn’t there. Barb check with the airline and found that it had come in on an earlier flight. We could have been on our way MUCH sooner. No matter. We had Maddy back in the states on time and that was the important part.

She brought home lots of stuff like native grown and processed chocolate, a necklace (worn by male leaders of the tribe), and demonstrated her blowgun for us:

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Now I need to demonstrate to her how to use modern guns.

Bainbridge Island Swamp Lake

Last Sunday Barb and I went for a hike on Bainbridge Island. We were meeting friends from the peninsula and as this is about halfway in between our homes and them liking the outdoors as much as we did we decided to go on a short hike through the woods to Gazzam Lake.

We planned to leave at 8:30 AM to catch the 9:35 ferry but we were ready to go at 8:20 and left early. We arrived at the ferry dock, paid for our ticket, and were told we were going to be on the 8:45 ferry. Essentially we arrived just a few minutes before it was scheduled to leave and just had to drive onto the ferry and it took off. Excellent timing! The only problem was we were now 50 minutes early to meet our friends.

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Grandson Bryce’s first hike in the woods

Since his parents don’t really care for hiking in the woods Barb and I took it upon ourselves to take Bryce on his first hike. It was a short walk, about 1.1 miles round trip. He walked the entire way except for when I carried him about 100 feet at the place the trail was very narrow with a steep drop off to sharp rocks on one side.

He seemed pretty happy with the whole adventure. He did seem to think throwing rocks in the water was more interesting than looking at the waterfall though.

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WP_20150808_11_16_27_ProHe switched things up a bit by throwing a stick too.

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All indications are that he had a good time.