"And remember, no matter where you go, there you are."
-Confucious
We woke up nice and early to work on the finishing touches for the Arts and Crafts building and the trail to Halfway to Heaven. We did so much work on that place, we replaced about five doors, scraped windows (and needed lots of elbow grease), and cleaned out of the wazzoo! This morning, we're just finishing up the whitewashing for these rocks.
Suddenly, it's already time for us to leave.. but we decided to stay a little longer so that we could take multiple pictures at Halfway to Heaven. After all that work, we had to use the trail at least one last time. ... Soon, we were in the car and on our way home.
.... But what would a trip be without a healthy detour? We stopped in Alamogordo at an awesome playground! Ahhh I love the moments where I can embrace my inner child. Too bad I'm getting too old to do that for much longer.... NO! I will always be a child at heart, and when I'm old and wrinkly the little kids will look at me like I'm crazy because I'll be the only grandma still climbing up the playground steps, if my hips will let me, that is. ;)
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Saturday, October 1, 2011
The Final Touches
" Some people want it to happen, some wish it to happen, and others make it happen."
-Michael Jordan
For my project, we finished up the last few things. We whitewashed all of the rocks such that they would be very easy to see. I was planning on weed whacking the plants (with our newly donated weed whacker) in the new archery range, but we accidentally forgot the gas for it. It isn't that big of a deal that we didn't do it this time because it is something that will need to be done every year.
After finishing the painting on my rock boarder, I helped Runner whitewash her trail. I didn't realize how long that trail was until I was holding a cup of paint in one hand and a paint brush in the other for what felt like forever. Soon, we got it finished (for the day), and then hiked up to my range to have a little fun. We placed the wooden pallets (that were nicely donated as well) down, brought up all of the archery gear, and shot some arrows for a little while. In the future, I might need to add some sort of contraption behind the targets that would catch the arrows because behind the target line is huge fallen-over tree, we've lost a few arrows already. Which stinks because we just barely got them!
Horrah! The work for my project is finished! Gold Award, you'll be mine very soon! :)
-Michael Jordan
For my project, we finished up the last few things. We whitewashed all of the rocks such that they would be very easy to see. I was planning on weed whacking the plants (with our newly donated weed whacker) in the new archery range, but we accidentally forgot the gas for it. It isn't that big of a deal that we didn't do it this time because it is something that will need to be done every year.
After finishing the painting on my rock boarder, I helped Runner whitewash her trail. I didn't realize how long that trail was until I was holding a cup of paint in one hand and a paint brush in the other for what felt like forever. Soon, we got it finished (for the day), and then hiked up to my range to have a little fun. We placed the wooden pallets (that were nicely donated as well) down, brought up all of the archery gear, and shot some arrows for a little while. In the future, I might need to add some sort of contraption behind the targets that would catch the arrows because behind the target line is huge fallen-over tree, we've lost a few arrows already. Which stinks because we just barely got them!
Horrah! The work for my project is finished! Gold Award, you'll be mine very soon! :)
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