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Sep. 2, 2009
The post in which Cherise spills her guts about her vacation
I think I was holding out on posting because I wanted to have a nice, polished post detailing my lovely little vacation. But, seeing as how I'm about to go insane from lack of blogging, I'm going to post whether or not it turns out well.
So yes, my vacation was lovely. All the beautiful scenery filled the writing brain back up. :)
A few salient points that stick out in my mind:
Box Canyon Falls, in Ouray -- oh my gosh, you see pictures of things like these in far away countries on the other side of the world, but I never expected to find them here, in my own state! The canyon was more like a giant, sculpted crack in the earth, at the far end of which was a waterfall. The water actually came into the canyon behind the rock, and there was this window-like hole in the rock through which you could see the water as it fell. And the water was literally blue! Anyway, I feel the place beat Reichenbach for poetic-ness by a long shot. If I have to get rid of a character, I'm throwing him into that waterfall. ;)
The Gondola at Telluride -- an absolutely free gondola that took you up and over the side of the mountain and into the next town! That was so fun. What made it even cooler was the fact that we had some rain storms rolling in, so we got a perfect view of the clouds resting on the mountains. Amazing things, the San Juan mountains. I spent days looking at them, and I still couldn't get over how high and craggy and majestic they were. I'll try to post some pictures.
Almost Dying -- twice, may I add? The first time we almost hit a four-point deer. Second time.... oh, I don't think I'll ever forget the second time. *shivers* We had stopped for lunch at this park in a little town in the middle of nowhere, right? My sister and I saw a merry-go-round thing -- you know, those metal things that you hang on to and run really fast to make it spin. Well, I've never gotten a chance to ride on one before, and I've always wanted to, so I grabbed my sister and we ran to go try it out. So here we are, spinning around merrily, when all of a sudden this huge gust of wind comes up from out of nowhere. I hear a huge, thunder-like crack behind me. The thing keeps spinning, an image flashes through my mind of one of the branches from the huge cottonwood tree behind me breaking off. My sister screams for me to run, hops off the thing (while it's still spinning! And this girl has a broken foot!), and runs back to the car. I try to obey her order, but I know I can't just jump off the thing without breaking a limb in the process. At last I manage to hop off, but with the sickening feeling in my stomach that if the branch really had been headed my direction, I would have been dead by now. I run back to the car, following my sister.
My mom is sitting in the front seat, staring at us with wide eyes. After a moment of trying to get our breath back under control (and keeping ourselves from going into hysterics), we walk back to look at the damage.
Fifteen feet away from where we were playing, two huge branches, both larger around than I am, have fallen against the swing set, making two V-shaped dents in the iron bar where they landed.
If the wind had been headed another direction....
Ugh, I don't want to even think about it. That's when you start waking up every morning and thanking God for just being alive.
So that was my vacation. *grin* Oh, and I forgot to mention that I got to eat authentic Thai food for the first time in my life -- cooked by a person from Thailand! It was yummy.
Copyright 2009 by Cherise A. You must ask me before using any of my stuff, and my name must appear along with the poem or post if you reproduce it.
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Sep. 3, 2009 - Untitled Comment
No, it wasn't that Star Wars was scary...just disturbing. Very disturbing. 'Twas a little too wierd for me. And I'm not even sure how much I'll like LotR for that reason--if they make it too realistic with too fantastic a story. And that's my basic opinion and statement.
No, I won't tell Meggy. She would certainly blow a fuse--and haunt me for the rest of my life...ugh. Meggy could be a very scary, angry Star Wars activist is she chose. And don't you tell her either! *giggles and bops Cherise on the head*
Well, I think I need to go. Looks like we were both on this morning! Too fun, but I think we missed eachother!
Laurie