A Natural Slide

    So what do we do when we have free time and it's a beautiful day?  Well, here's one thing...

    We pack a lunch and throw it in a backpack or two, hop in some sturdy shoes, skip out the door, and begin walking to the edge of town to go on a hike.
    This is just what we did about a week ago on Easter Sunday!  We decided to go to the Camp Site.  At the edge of town we jump up five stone stairs walked across a somewhat cleared piece of property, and climbed up the rocky base of the mountain.  Then pushing our way through some overgrown brush we headed toward the entrance of the main path.  Ducking under a fallen pine tree we entered the forest and were marching along the narrow path to the Camp Site about fifteen minutes away.
      We arrived at the sandy hill in the middle of the afternoon.  Starting off our time with some action, we pretended that we were running away from wild Indians.  Tired and ready to eat we stopped, sat down, and enjoyed the lunches we had prepared.  I ate rice and sliced beef with some carrot sticks and orange slices on the side all in my new lunch box.  Tiffy and Jenny had delicious sandwiches.  Yum!  The wind was quite strong so we moved to a slightly sheltered area to finish lunch.

 

     As we ate, a hawk flew directly over us, flying lazily in the warm updrafts.  We saw several more hawks while we were there.  After finishing my meal I pulled out a old deck of cards from my backpack. "Anyone want to play?" I asked.

    Before long we had made a table of packed sand and were playing a short card game.  Unfortunately we got cold sitting partially in shadow, so we had to stop and get our blood circulating again.  Jenny noticed that dead tree nearby had a limb that was hanging perpendicular to two other branches so that it made two square shapes.  These became our targets as we tried to throw small rocks through the holes.  But you can only do that for a short amount of time before you run out of rocks nearby.
     Suddenly Tiffy took a running start and... "Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww..."  She was sliding down the sandy slope!

   Jenny took up the idea and slid down after her.  Before long the girls were struggling up the hill only to slide down as soon as they reached the top.  I slid down a few times, but my shoes somehow weren't allowing me to go very fast so I decided to stick with taking pictures of the girls.

 

 

 Time to dump out the sand

Is Jenny acting like pharaoh or an Indian chief?

It was a thoroughly enjoyable time and we all got a little dirty.  

Thus we left with part of the Camp Site still with us!  =)