We took our time to enjoy the waterfall shower but we did not want to
waste too much time in fear of missing happy hour. Luckily we made it in plenty of time to enjoy the wine and crackers with hummus and a seafood salad. These were only the appetizers and spaghetti with chorizo was the main course. I love spaghetti so I was one happy camper. To top it off strawberry shortcake complete with whipped cream was dessert. Mmm Mmm. If you think I was happy about the dessert you should have seen the campers under five feet tall. It was Leah’s favorite dessert of all time so her eyes lit up and after she finished hers the only thing on her mind was seconds. She was older and bigger than the other kids so she got first dibs on the second round of shortcake. What happened next was so cute almost everyone laughed out loud. The boy’s played rock-paper-scissors for the rest. The river guide Dean, who is a new father, was standing behind the table and four jumping boys under the age of 10 were hopped up on sugar begging for more. Dean is going to be an awesome father. He
was so good with everyone especially the youngest in the group. Ian won the rock paper scissors. It took him a moment to realize he had one and then he did a few victory jumps and received his treat. All the kids were able to get seconds and all the parents shook their heads with a smile knowing that their children were about to run wild. The nervousness of being around new faces had begun to lift and people were chatting freely. The pre dinner and post dinner talk is when we did most of our getting to know the other couples. We heard a little about everyone’s lives and jobs. We had a pretty cool group. During dinner there was not as much talking because everyone was hungry. Before we knew it we were all friends. The boys were playing tag with Leah as a ref. I was jealous and wanted to play too so I tagged Mr. Miller who jumped up to chase me and I had to freeze because I was tagged. Then it was time for astronomy. We did a few more camp type games and waited for
the sun to pass the torch to the moon for the evening. There were no clouds in the sky so it was beautiful. The moon was a little too bright so stars were limited but it was a nice night none the less. There were more stories and we actually saw many constellations. There was not a whole lot to see however so people began to dwindle. Most went back to their tents. Maggie however fell asleep just as Andy Schwinn would have. She had her wine in hand and she was out like a light sitting in her camp chair. It made Brad and I giggle and miss Andy! The best part was not planned however. It seems like this is usually the case and the best things in life can not always be planned. As everyone was looking to the south to catch a glimpse of a satellite my eyes began to wander and I kind of stopped paying attention for a moment. I turned to look north and all of the sudden the brightest meteor I have ever seen was shooting across the sky. It was just above the canyon wall and was huge. It looked like a scene from Armageddon. It was bright orange and had a fiery ball with a streaky tail. As it burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere it was easy to see the pieces shooting off of it. When I first saw it I said Woah! Everyone who was still awake turned to look. The streak lasted for about five seconds so we all got a good look at it. It did not look like a shooting star at all and was the coolest thing I have ever seen in the night sky. Afterwards I was able to look at the moon through really powerful binoculars. Through these the creators and features of the moon were so defined. It was quite the beautiful sight. There were valleys and hills and plains spanning the moon's surface. Although this was cool it was kind of too bad that the moon was so bright because this trip was labeled a stargazing trip and the moon lit the sky so much that only the most powerful and brightest stars could be seen. I did walk away with more
knowledge about the Earth and the surrounding space. I know more about the constellations and feel comfortable that I can find and name more now than I could last week. I also learned about green lasers. It was the first time I had ever seen a green laser and they are pretty cool. The go about fifty yards so when we pointed to the stars it looked like the laser reached all the way to the stars. In this way Jennifer, the star lady, was able to point out exactly what she wanted us to be looking at. Since there were limited stars there were limited things she could show us so the class wrapped up just before midnight. This time I made sure to set an alarm so Slave Dave did not have to come down and personally wake us up again.
waste too much time in fear of missing happy hour. Luckily we made it in plenty of time to enjoy the wine and crackers with hummus and a seafood salad. These were only the appetizers and spaghetti with chorizo was the main course. I love spaghetti so I was one happy camper. To top it off strawberry shortcake complete with whipped cream was dessert. Mmm Mmm. If you think I was happy about the dessert you should have seen the campers under five feet tall. It was Leah’s favorite dessert of all time so her eyes lit up and after she finished hers the only thing on her mind was seconds. She was older and bigger than the other kids so she got first dibs on the second round of shortcake. What happened next was so cute almost everyone laughed out loud. The boy’s played rock-paper-scissors for the rest. The river guide Dean, who is a new father, was standing behind the table and four jumping boys under the age of 10 were hopped up on sugar begging for more. Dean is going to be an awesome father. He 
was so good with everyone especially the youngest in the group. Ian won the rock paper scissors. It took him a moment to realize he had one and then he did a few victory jumps and received his treat. All the kids were able to get seconds and all the parents shook their heads with a smile knowing that their children were about to run wild. The nervousness of being around new faces had begun to lift and people were chatting freely. The pre dinner and post dinner talk is when we did most of our getting to know the other couples. We heard a little about everyone’s lives and jobs. We had a pretty cool group. During dinner there was not as much talking because everyone was hungry. Before we knew it we were all friends. The boys were playing tag with Leah as a ref. I was jealous and wanted to play too so I tagged Mr. Miller who jumped up to chase me and I had to freeze because I was tagged. Then it was time for astronomy. We did a few more camp type games and waited for 
the sun to pass the torch to the moon for the evening. There were no clouds in the sky so it was beautiful. The moon was a little too bright so stars were limited but it was a nice night none the less. There were more stories and we actually saw many constellations. There was not a whole lot to see however so people began to dwindle. Most went back to their tents. Maggie however fell asleep just as Andy Schwinn would have. She had her wine in hand and she was out like a light sitting in her camp chair. It made Brad and I giggle and miss Andy! The best part was not planned however. It seems like this is usually the case and the best things in life can not always be planned. As everyone was looking to the south to catch a glimpse of a satellite my eyes began to wander and I kind of stopped paying attention for a moment. I turned to look north and all of the sudden the brightest meteor I have ever seen was shooting across the sky. It was just above the canyon wall and was huge. It looked like a scene from Armageddon. It was bright orange and had a fiery ball with a streaky tail. As it burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere it was easy to see the pieces shooting off of it. When I first saw it I said Woah! Everyone who was still awake turned to look. The streak lasted for about five seconds so we all got a good look at it. It did not look like a shooting star at all and was the coolest thing I have ever seen in the night sky. Afterwards I was able to look at the moon through really powerful binoculars. Through these the creators and features of the moon were so defined. It was quite the beautiful sight. There were valleys and hills and plains spanning the moon's surface. Although this was cool it was kind of too bad that the moon was so bright because this trip was labeled a stargazing trip and the moon lit the sky so much that only the most powerful and brightest stars could be seen. I did walk away with more 
knowledge about the Earth and the surrounding space. I know more about the constellations and feel comfortable that I can find and name more now than I could last week. I also learned about green lasers. It was the first time I had ever seen a green laser and they are pretty cool. The go about fifty yards so when we pointed to the stars it looked like the laser reached all the way to the stars. In this way Jennifer, the star lady, was able to point out exactly what she wanted us to be looking at. Since there were limited stars there were limited things she could show us so the class wrapped up just before midnight. This time I made sure to set an alarm so Slave Dave did not have to come down and personally wake us up again.
1 comment:
Hey Brad & Rebekah,
I really want to go on this exact trip someday. Everything from the river, waterfall, astronomy, to dinner sounds so amazing.
I'm also glad to know that there are other people in the world that can fall asleep in funny places. I have been worried for some time now that I married the only person that does that. What a relief. (he he he)
Love,
Jessica
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