A Walk in the Woods

Time passed by on Sunday afternoon as we walked around in the woods to enjoy the snow. We headed up the road around 1:00 and followed Boulder Creek towards Emerald Pool...then followed the hillside towards the new school. Steven wanted to be adventurous (no surprise there), so we crossed the road..that isn't the adventurous part...then walked through the woods following Rainbow Creek. He assured me there was a convenient and "easy" place to cross the creek...nope..my eyes didn't find any "easy" places to cross. Across we did go though, with only a little water on the pants and shoes. The walk continued by the Stehekin River..then back onto the road (yes "The Road...there is only one) towards home.

The funniest part of the day was our evening after the walk in the woods. Earlier that morning, I took out steaks to grill for dinner (thanks Gary..they were great!). After our walk, we were hungry and excited about our evening meal. While I prepared potatoes and vegetables, Steven started the small grill on the front porch. All was well until he went to check on it..from here are Steven's words on how the night went as he recapped during dinner...

"Started the grill....to cook the steaks,

went to check on the grill......the grill was on fire,

put out the fire.....had to clean the grill,

cleaned the grill...put on the steaks,

checked on the steaks...the fuel was running out,

went to the neighbors to get more fuel...fell on the ice,

attached fuel canister to the grill...pulled out lighter to restart the grill,

lighter was broken (in half)...from the fall on the ice,

found another lighter...lit the grill,

came inside to get warm...steaks cooking on the grill,

went to check on the steaks...flame was out,

re-lit the grill...again...finished cooking the steaks!"

Only after I told him how funny he looked when I saw him on the porch did he finally start laughing. I walked to the door to see Steven covered in snow, holding his right arm..throwing something into the yard...and then pulling out a broken lighter from his pocket. I immediately burst into laughter. Needless to stay..the steaks were amazing and our day was "memorable."