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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Sunset and ATV Trip

Last night’s storm clouds treated us to a spectacular sunset.  What do you think?

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Today our friends Sarah and Sarge along with their dog Callie joined us and of course Emmi for an ATV ride to Moccasin Lake.  The trip up was glorious, we stopped several times—Callie loves to run alongside the ATV’s—that dog put on so many more miles than we did!  Every creek crossing or mud puddle, she went for a swim.  Emmi just watched her from the basket on Michael’s ATV—“what in the world is that dog doing??” 

We arrived at Moccasin Lake to a view like this:

IMG_2727Storm clouds were building and about the time we all dug out the lunch gear, the bottom fell out.  IMG_2738We all retreated under the shelter of a fir tree—Michael and I had oilskin raincoats, Sarah and Sarge just had jackets—the tree kept a lot of the rain off us but parts of all of us got a soaking.  My feet were soaking wet—I asked Michael this morning if it was OK to wear sneakers instead of boots and he said, “maybe.”  I wish he had said, “no, I think you ought to wear boots.”  Then my feet would have been dry.  It probably rained hard for a good thirty minutes or more.  When it more or less stopped we headed back to the ATV’s and made quick tracks for home enduring only one quick rain shower before arriving to find dry ground, dust—no rain at home.

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Hot chocolate and tea warmed us up before Sarge and Sarah headed back over the hill to Chico way.  It was a great day in spite of the rain!

10 comments:

  1. Beautiful sunset! And, with a name like "Moccasin Lake", how could it not be gorgeous? What fun!

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  2. Those are incredible sunset pictures. I guess when Michael says maybe he really means no, wear boots.

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  3. I was thinking specifically about you guys when I put that link in. What a neat story about Michael and his class. I'm really enjoying her blog.

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  4. Gorgeous sunset! Looks like a fun ride!

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  5. Beautiful sunsets, we could use a little rain up our way, but give us a week and we'll have the neighbours hay all under tarps.

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  6. beautiful sunset and a great day on the ATV even if it did rain!

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  7. I think the pictures are gorgeous and that you guys had a great time. We had a similar experiemce once in the Banff National Park.

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  8. Great shots of the sunset - beautiful colors. That sounded like quite a rainstorm and maybe added an extra dimension to your outing.

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  9. Any reason to take the ATV's for a ride is worthy. To have good friends along adds to the pleasure. The scenery is fantastic!....the rain?...well, at least there was not dust!

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  10. Sorry you got wet!

    The sunset looks like a fire in the sky...beautiful!

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