They're Here They're Here

Trip Start Jul 08, 2006

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Trip End Sep 03, 2006

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Flag of United States Baring, Washington
Saturday, August 19, 2006

A car in the driveway. They're here! They're here! Rick and Matt and Kayla have arrived, with two coolers, my red one and Rick's meat-filled one with hamburgers and hotdogs for supper.

Run around and look at everything. But don't take too long. We're getting hungry again. The red grill is ready on the back deck, right by the picnic table. Fire it up. Who's the right-hand chef tonight, and who is the left? Set the table boys, get the ketchup and the pickles and the chips.

After supper, a walk. Kayla, what is that? A brown thing on the ground. Another. Another. Another and another and another. The slugs are out for their evening walk too. Don't step on them.

Ah, banana slugs too. Yep, they are kind of banana like.

The sound of Index Creek rushing over the rocks is everywhere. This is love.

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01 Rick and Matt unloading their car	02 So here's the creek!	03 Any fish there?	04 Jake decides to shoot the water
05 Kayla decides to hide some eggs	06 Yard by back deck	07 Rock on rock	08 Rick fired up
09 Don't need to be called	10 Rick cooking	11 Matt brought bow and arrows	12 Deciding on the rules of the game
13 Jake takes the first shot	14 Interesting stump, interesting marker	15 Andrew loves the creek	16 Kayla loves the creek
17 Let's go for a walk	18 Slug perspective	19 The vulture next door	20 Brown AND Banana
21 Back on the deck now, planning the next thing	22 Andrew is getting ready	23 Shooting in the dark woods