We went camping this August 4th weekend with a few other neighbors. Julie and
the kids got an extra day over me as we set up on Thursday night but I had to
go back because of work on Friday. One set of the neighbors
camped with a tent like us, another slept in their boat and another set came out
on Thursday and Sunday.
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Posing in the corn field maze.
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A huge corn Maze.
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Julie, Ashley and Tyler.
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Navigating the maze.
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On a bridge in the corn maze.
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We went to see what was once called an eighth wonder of the world. The brochure said that we
could walk out on the bridge on a walkway along the side of the tracks. Unfortunately, they
were reinforcing/rebuilding the support towers as engineers had said that the towers had
rusted and weathered too much and were not safe anymore. We found out about 3 months
later that those engineers were correct. The was a microburst wind storm that went through
the area and blew over the trestle. Of the rougly 20-30 support towers that hold up the tracks,
only the 6 outer towers on each side (the ones that they had already restored) were still
standing, the rest are just twisted beams of metal strewn across the valley floor.
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Ashley posing on the stairs.
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Tyler in front of the tracks.
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Keith and Julie at the view point.
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Tbone playing in the snow by the deck.
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Tyler and Tbone playing in the snow.
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The Christmas tree and all of the presents.
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Tyler checking out a gift.
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Opening the stockings.
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Trying to pull out his gift.
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New PJs.
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New tree decorations.
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Opening one of his many gifts.
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Ashley displaying her present.
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Busy at work building the model.
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