Saturday, September 4, 2010. Yesterday we got a request from a group of 6 to go on a waterfall hike. John's ankle braces he wears because of his disability have left a few sores on his feet. So he has to take it easy on any hikes, or not go on any. Since the group of 6 is 4 children and 2 moms, I thought it would be fun for me to go instead anyway. I rode with them in their car and off we went in the early afternoon.
First we drove to Peterson Falls. The picture you see is of the view from the top of the falls. Then we hiked along the river and several small falls to the upper, larger falls. The kids had a difficult time going through some of the forest along the river, but it was a good hike overall because no one got hurt or dirty. Three of the group shimmied across a log bridge to an island in the middle of the river, right above the upper falls. They said it was very fun. It made me nervous for them.
After we left Peterson Falls, we drove to Gile Falls. That was a very short trip to see the falls, and the kids climbed around on the huge rocks. They had fun there too.
Afterwards we drove to downtown Hurley, Wisconsin, which was only 3 miles from the Gile Falls. There was a Festa Italiana going on. One of the moms is Italian, so she wanted to see if she could find a cannolli. We found some very good ones at the Liberty Bell Chalet, which is owned and operated by an Italian family.
After the sweets fest, we walked around on the 2 blocks of the street fest. It was very nice, sunny and fun. A bat flew out of a building (it must not have liked the music) and almost flew into one of the moms. That was scary. There were several bands set up far enough apart to not compete, and it was nice to listen to the different kinds of music.
We bought fudge, a few drinks for us women, some ice cream and then we left. We had to stop to get some juice for the kids, so we happened to be parked right by Art Unlimited. For those of you who don't know what that shop is, it is a surplus t-shirt/sweatshirt shop in Hurley. You can get some for $1 each. One of the moms bought $25 worth of shirts and she said she has enough outfits to last her 3 weeks. Funny. If John had been guiding this day's outing, I can guarantee this shop would not have been on the day's activities list. So I'm very glad I went instead. The kids kept saying how they loved the store. I got a kick out of them.
When we got back, there was a campfire and the youngest came up to the lodge to ask me personally to join them. I felt so special and wanted, that I must have been walking on air all the way down there. This 5 year old's mom was upset because he had not told her where he was going, so I know they hadn't told him to ask me. Even though he got into trouble, I still was glad that he had asked me to join his family. All the way down to the fire he made sure I could see where I was walking by shining his flashlight in front of me.
It was very chilly and I didn't stay at the fire long because I hadn't dressed warm enough. But I was there long enough to give them some marshmallows and talk for awhile. It got down to 39 degrees.
No comments:
Post a Comment