Josh taught him to play the bass. He caught on pretty fast.
It kind of sounded like music. I'm sure that they thought it was. But it was fun. The Old Man even got in on the action.
We went bowling. Dad had the high score, 182. Don't worry Jonny, it doesn't happen very often.
Daniel doesn't want anyone to know his score. He's so humble. It was fun. We bowled four games and stayed until we were the last ones on the floor. They literally kicked us out.
And of course, what's a guys night out without Buffalo Wild Wings? Poor Daniel didn't know to watch out for the HOT ones. He ate a BLAZIN right off the start. I don't think he tasted very much after that.
Nephi put his Yoga DVD in and had all the guys lined up. It looked more like ballet. They tried to get me to try it. I could feel the pain in my back just watching.
Check it out. The muscles, the stance, the strength. Aren't they amazing?
We went to Albert Pike Rec. Area and hiked a trail called Winding Stairs. At the end of the trail there is a river spot with a few very deep holes and rocks to jump off of.
The idea was to go there and jump into the water with the air temperature about 40 deg. and the water about 40 deg. We were going to prove that we were men.
Well, after a couple of river crossings we decided that we didn't want to do it. The water was high because of rain, and it was just too darn cold. This is our Iwo Jima shot.
Nephi and Josh crossed the river at this point, after stripping down to their shorts, and got wet up to their waists. They were so cold that they turned blue, so the rest of us decided that we would just stay on this side. So they had to cross back over. We then built a nice warm fire and they dried out.
Hot dogs were the food of the day. It would have been fine, but some of the boys pulled Poison Ivy roots out of the trees and put them on the fire. I'm highly alergic, so my Poison Ivy smoked hotdog really messed me up.
Josh and David. Josh is freezing his ?? off.
Matthew was half undressed before I knew it. He was headed into the river. I had to stop him of course. The water was too deep, too cold, and too swift. He can thank me later.
It was a very pretty hike. One of the nice things about hiking in winter in this state, is that you can see the terrain. In the summer time, the leaves cover everything up.
More scenery
Josh slipped and fell cutting his finger on something. It wasn't enough to just cut it, he had to make use of his precious blood. So he made about ten smiley faces on the trees as we hiked.
This is a place called Little Missouri Falls. Daniel really liked this. He took lots of pictures. He really likes the outdoors, and the hiking was his favorite part of his stay with us.
It was a great day. You can see some of the boys down by the water.
Josh, trying to scale a cliff. He didn't get too far.
After a day of fun Ammon and Nephi decided it was time to get a cell signal. They had been too long without a text. But it didn't matter how high they got, there were no signals in the mountains. They were forced to have old fashioned fun. until we got back to the highway. Both of them watched their phones faithfully waiting for that signal.
