Last weekend, Todd and I got to go camping together for the first time! We had such an epic plan for this adventure, but as we all know epic plans usually fail.
We were going to borrow one of the church's canoes, put it in Auke Bay, canoe to an island about a mile or two away, and camp on that island. The island is also right in the middle of where people go whale watching, so we were planning on getting up close and personal to some Orcas. Sadly, our plan failed right from the get-go.
A girl I work with, Drea, has a truck that we were going to throw the canoe into, but we didn't quite realize just how massive canoes are. We didn't have very good tie downs, and this canoe was just way to big for us to safely transport it to Auke Bay. We grudgingly ditched the idea, and decided to go camping out the road about 30 miles.
Luckily Drea was super gracious about taking us there and picking us up the next day, it wouldn't have been possible without her. So we picked out a nice spot right off the beach, thinking it would be nice a private. Of course that didn't happen either, because about an hour after we got there a big group of high schoolers set up camp about 30 yards away... Losers.
We didn't do anything particularly exciting when we were out there, but this is what out evening consisted of:
- Set up camp
- Made a friend, Raul!
- He's a squirrel
- Tried to build a fire
- Christine wasn't very good at chopping wood
- The wood was wet
- The fire failed...
- Fishing!
- Did not catch a fish, but we found a dead one
- We cut off the dead fish's head and used it as bait
- That still didn't work..
- Used the rest of the fish's body as eagle bait
- That didn't work either...
- Rock skipping competition
- Let's just say it was a tie...
- Parkour
- Hilarious!
- Dinner
- CHUNKY canned soup over a little gas stove
- Hot Cocoa
- A little game of war
- My first time playing... That game never ends!
- Bed time
- Listened to the high schooler's fireworks while trying to sleep
After camping we were going to try to get on a tour, but, SURPRISE! That plan failed as well. We didn't get back early enough to get on the tours that we wanted, so we just had a relaxing evening at home... which was grand :)
Here are some pics from the trip.
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| This is Raúl :) |
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| So cute |
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| Don't mess with the Gator |
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| Gross haha |
Oh, also! We found out this week that we got the apartment that we wanted! It finally feels real that we're going to have a place of our own, and we CANNOT WAIT! We've spent a lot of time this week looking online at furniture. I am particularly excited to start decorating. There are a ton of DIY ideas on Pinterest that I want to start so badly. Anyway, we will be living at The Village Apartments in Rexburg, and the layout of our apartment is called "Oxford." It has one bedroom, one bath, a den, and a deck! We will be in building 12 and on the second floor! Yay! Here's a pic of the layout.
So this week started out very uninteresting, just working as usual. However, on Friday, Todd started feeling pretty crummy. He made it through a day of work, came straight home and tried to sleep for like four hours. He threw up the next morning, which was luckily enough to convince him that he couldn't go to work. Today he's not much better; he still has a bad cough and a fever. I could have gone to church, but after leaving him all of yesterday, I couldn't bear to leave him again today. Hopefully Heavenly Father will forgive me for that :/. It breaks my heart to see him feeling so miserable, and I feel so helpless as to how to make him better. I'm just hoping lots of back rubbing and cheek kisses will magically make him better.
As far as good news goes... We found out this week that my dad is going to come up to visit! I've been telling him how amazing it is here (maaaaybe over exaggerating a little), and he's decided he'd like to check out Juneau! He's going to fly in next Tuesday and leave Friday. So far we're planning on getting him up on a helicopter tour (either dog sledding, or walking on the glacier... or both), going on a hike, and going camping! Todd and I both have to work on Tuesday, and rather than going on one of Todd's tours, my dad would rather just explore on his own until we get off. So that's the plan, and we're super excited!
Those are all of the updates for now. We miss you all and love you to death! We're starting to get a little home sick because we miss everyone so much. Can't wait until September when we get to see you all face to face (not on skype)!
Much love from the most triumphant Brooks
PS Sorry for the annoying highlight. I can't make it go away.
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