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We went camping with durdge and J. this weekend near Shenandoah National Park in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was absolutely beautiful. The leaves were starting to change (lots of red) although not at peak yet. We didn't have a reservation until we were in the car Friday night. With all the park spots filled up we stayed at the private Misty Mountain campground.
Saturday we went for a couple hikes in the park. The views were gorgeous and we had a great time climbing around the giant rocks. As expected durdge was the most adventurous, J. and I followed cautiously behind, and D. didn't do too much climbing. We have pictures I'm not sure when I'm going to get them off the camera.
That night we had hotdogs over the fire with mac and cheese from the campground kitchen. We met Jerry, a man in his 70s who has lived in the park since early last spring and had recently gotten divorced. He gave us some of his firewood and then we had some drinks in his massively luxurious RV. We were also tapped to judge a pumpkin-carving contest by a group of friends renting a cabin. The pumpkins were impressive (they used stencils) and we learned about the local garlic festival (sounded like fun, maybe next year?). Then we headed back to our campfire and made s'mores.
Sunday morning we headed to the $6 buffet breakfast complete with biscuits and sausage gravy. Then we left, enjoyed the drive back, and got home mid-afternoon. All in all it was a lovely weekend.
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I was almost embarrassed to say that I wen to trapeze again today, but then I convinced myself that I don't need to be embarrassed aboutbecoming totally obsessed with enjoying something. (And also I want to keep a record of what I'm doing in each class.)
It was so awesome!!! It was a smaller class so we all had some extra turns. The weather was again spectacular. I worked on my whip. It takes a lot of core and leg muscles to hold that position. I improved but it still could use some work. They said I could try catching it even though I was still a little low (not snapping my upper body up enough). Mark (who was catching) said he would adjust his swing for me. I missed my first catch by about four inches because I didn't keep my legs tensed when I uncurled my upper body.
But I made my second catch!!!!!!*
Brian said this is one of the hardest catches to make. You go into it completely blind so the timing is tricky. I still want to to work on the whip, but it was so exciting to make the catch!! Really most of the credit goes to Mark.
Oh my legs are sore tonight and I think my abs and back might be sore tomorrow.
I was so excited the rest of my very busy day went smoothly. I went into school several hours early because it seemed stupid to drive home from Baltimore and then back, plus I had signed up to help out at the grad. student association book sale. I got a ton of work done and class was okay even though I had too much to cover and not enough time. Then I went to a "moving to the back end" class at the curling club. Sadly I haven't made it on to the ice yet, but soon. (Anyone want to get together and throw some stones?)
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*You only get two chances to catch each class. You discuss with them what tricks you will be catching, they may be easier than what you were working on. For example last class I was working on the whip but for catches went back to knee hang.
Saturday we went for a couple hikes in the park. The views were gorgeous and we had a great time climbing around the giant rocks. As expected durdge was the most adventurous, J. and I followed cautiously behind, and D. didn't do too much climbing. We have pictures I'm not sure when I'm going to get them off the camera.
That night we had hotdogs over the fire with mac and cheese from the campground kitchen. We met Jerry, a man in his 70s who has lived in the park since early last spring and had recently gotten divorced. He gave us some of his firewood and then we had some drinks in his massively luxurious RV. We were also tapped to judge a pumpkin-carving contest by a group of friends renting a cabin. The pumpkins were impressive (they used stencils) and we learned about the local garlic festival (sounded like fun, maybe next year?). Then we headed back to our campfire and made s'mores.
Sunday morning we headed to the $6 buffet breakfast complete with biscuits and sausage gravy. Then we left, enjoyed the drive back, and got home mid-afternoon. All in all it was a lovely weekend.
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I was almost embarrassed to say that I wen to trapeze again today, but then I convinced myself that I don't need to be embarrassed about
It was so awesome!!! It was a smaller class so we all had some extra turns. The weather was again spectacular. I worked on my whip. It takes a lot of core and leg muscles to hold that position. I improved but it still could use some work. They said I could try catching it even though I was still a little low (not snapping my upper body up enough). Mark (who was catching) said he would adjust his swing for me. I missed my first catch by about four inches because I didn't keep my legs tensed when I uncurled my upper body.
But I made my second catch!!!!!!*
Brian said this is one of the hardest catches to make. You go into it completely blind so the timing is tricky. I still want to to work on the whip, but it was so exciting to make the catch!! Really most of the credit goes to Mark.
Oh my legs are sore tonight and I think my abs and back might be sore tomorrow.
I was so excited the rest of my very busy day went smoothly. I went into school several hours early because it seemed stupid to drive home from Baltimore and then back, plus I had signed up to help out at the grad. student association book sale. I got a ton of work done and class was okay even though I had too much to cover and not enough time. Then I went to a "moving to the back end" class at the curling club. Sadly I haven't made it on to the ice yet, but soon. (Anyone want to get together and throw some stones?)
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*You only get two chances to catch each class. You discuss with them what tricks you will be catching, they may be easier than what you were working on. For example last class I was working on the whip but for catches went back to knee hang.
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Camping sounds wonderful. I hope to get to the Blue Ridge mountains some day. I think Dan and I are going to do a weekend in one of the DOC cabins soon. Can't wait!
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"(Anyone want to get together and throw some stones?)"
Yes actually -- I'm not sure if I remember how to deliver!