Red Bluff 2010

This was our last day before school started back after Easter break, and we decided to go to Red Bluff. We had a blast!

We always head down the easy trail on the far side, go over the train tracks and down the stream, and end up at the Pearl River. From there we come back up the stream, travel down the train tracks, and end up at the derailed train cars. Then it's back up the stream to the bottom of the bluff. Ian usually loses a shoe during this stage, as there are several places that look solid but when you step on them your foot sinks to your knee! Once at the bottom of the bluff, the kids play on the dunes for awhile. Although steep, it is pretty safe because even if you fall the sand is soft and the slope eases you to a stop. Once we start climbing out, it is very intense because every step sinks into the sand so it takes 4 climbing steps to equal one regular step. We end up on a thin ravine back where we started and have to shimmy our way out onto flat land. Yay! It is scary, but a great morale builder. Our own Mt. Kilimanjaro!

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Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter this year! We usually just use plastic eggs with candy in them, but this year we actually dyed real eggs. It was a learning experience. None of our eggs looked at all like the examples on the box, no matter how long we kept them in the dye. But we did have some other super-camo eggs that are textures like rocks, grass, wood, etc. We put out 182 (including 6 prize eggs) and found 176.. Not bad!
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