Friday, July 24

Ahh, but for the life of laziness. Today was quite inactive, and we ended up lying around the camper until about 1:00. We accomplished a few things, including cleaning the custom air filter on the truck. Aside from that, Philip and I watched a Comedy Central show that made fun of Sean Hannity (much to Dad's delight), and we played two games of pool down at the main building. After a while of lounging, we pulled out of the park, with aims of finding out more about whitewater trips, horseback tours, and the like. We stopped at a rafting company called Wilderness Aware Rafting, where we picked up a few pamphlets. After that, we started driving through the mountains again to Taylor Reservoir, home of a pleasant little boat-rental/fishing business that we stopped at to just enjoy the surroundings. On the way there, however, we also stopped at Cottonwood Pass, a very scenic location with a small trail leading up a mountain. Anyway, at the little fishing business, we sat on some picnic tables next to the reservoir, and played with some animals which belonged to the owner; their names were Ringo, a chocolate lab, Duck, a chocolate lab puppy, Marley, a golden retriever, and Rambo, an inactive and fat tabby cat. After our brief but enjoyable excursion at the lake, we headed back, on account of the storms growing in the distance. When we got back, Dad started cooking the pork on the grill. Meanwhile, a family stopped by to talk. As it turned out, they were in a Boy Scout troop which was camping in this very park! They were in tents, of course. Anyway, they stopped to talk on account of me wearing my troop t-shirt. Apparently, the scoutmaster of the troop had a friend involved in the theater business, and had obtained a copy of the new movie, "Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen" on DVD before its actual release!! The family actually invited Philip and I over to watch it at 9:00. They really were a great family. That basically concludes today, except for what's going to happen later. Tonight's closing will be "goodbye and goodnight" in Maltese: Addiju tajba lejl!