Sometime in the spring, I contacted my book group gals and asked who would like a weekend of camping together. "YES" said eleven readers. We were all prepared for tents and cooking over a fire. Then an offer of a CABIN came from the Paxmans and we were THRILLED, to say the least.
Shirley and Monroe are generous, fun-loving, community-oriented and interested in EVERYTHING. That's why they take three newspapers. That's why they go to every cultural event held in our valley.
And, one more thing about them . . .
they have successfully navigated through
NINE decades of life.
Almost seven decades together.
they have successfully navigated through
NINE decades of life.
Almost seven decades together.
The cabin is their summer home. Monroe built it in the 60s. Shirley spent her summers in the cabin next door, starting at age five. Her mother hauled up NINE daughters on Memorial Day and stay until Labor Day. That's what Shirley and Monroe still do every summer. 85 years down the road.
The cabin has incredible ambiance. Monroe didn't just build it. He crafted exquisite works of art and set them into or onto the walls. Every nook and cranny is a visual feast.
And we all felt ever so COMFY there.Inside and outside.
A stream gurgled adjacent to their back deck.Delightful background music for reading and conversations.
Monroe built a rope bridge over the water.We had adventurers in our group who tried it out.
The reward for crossing =a rope swing that went right over the water.
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On our second day, ten of us tootled over
to Sundance Ski Resort, just a couple of miles from the cabin.
We took the ski tram up the mountain . . .
. . . gazing at this vistaas we steadily traveled skyward . . .
Yes. I took this photo. TAKE NOTICE: Utah is a gorgeous place.Then we hoofed it to Stewart Falls. A 3-mile hike.
(My trekking poles are my BEST friends.)
The jaunt was worth it.
Did you know that waterfalls provide NEGATIVE IONS?
These negative ions increase the flow of oxygen to the brain!
As you can see, I was getting ENERGIZED by the ions.
Which was GOOD,
because we had to traipse back to the tram.
(My trekking poles are my BEST friends.)
The jaunt was worth it.
Did you know that waterfalls provide NEGATIVE IONS?These negative ions increase the flow of oxygen to the brain!
As you can see, I was getting ENERGIZED by the ions.
Which was GOOD,
because we had to traipse back to the tram.
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We consumed healthy food for three full days. No junky stuff what-so-ever.
The mountain air made everything taste so good.
The mountain air made everything taste so good.
When we weren't eating or hiking,we talked.
About everything.
Good conversations flowed like the river.Merrily.
Indeed, our cups were full.
2 comments:
Mom,
This looks like so much fun! I love to see how you gather your friends around you. YOU HIKED to stewart falls? Congrats! that is a beautiful hike. Duane and I spent some time today at the beach, and completely soaked ourselves (and our clothes) in the fresh lake Michigan water. Following in the footsteps of something you might have done had you been there :)
HOWL. HOWL.HOWL. I WANNA GO THERE ToO. Is this Judge Paxman? Whose house you and I ran to with knives in our hands the night of the Great Sleepover Fright when Scott and Mark almost got drilled by the policeman? I think I know where the cabin is - over in that area where Alison's fam or friend has one - the one that used to be a house of ill repute for the railroad that used to go just behind it. Alison's was, not this one. Did you go with us that night? I remember Jane and Allison - but it's a hazy memory. That's when somebody called that kid I had the crush on "The Albino Carrot."
Sigh. I love cabins. I'd love THAT cabin. You find all the funnest things.
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