We’re Off to
See the Wizard
The Wonderful
Wizard of FALL!
And all that
it took was our brave leaders: Wizard, GIDEON Wizansky and Sweeper, TEMPLE
Ashbrook . . . both of whom knew where
was the path, how would we get there,
and what secret UPSIDE-DOWN surprise
we would find.
On a typical
sunny morning at Mountain Meadows 9
brave members, plus one guest, met at the club house and
boldly boarded the Skylark bus at 8:30 a.m., never really knowing the real Upside-Down surprise
that awaited them. Cheerful talk and
laughter took place with our private bus joining the traffic on I- 5 carrying
10 hearty hikers.
A little
over an hour later, our destination, East side of The Rogue River, appeared,
and 10 brave souls, grabbing walking sticks, back packs, and warm coats,
descended the bus for the excitement of the wilds, fast running Rogue River
waters, and . . . the upside down surprise.
Oh, The Beauty of this rushing Rogue River! Even Sweeper TEMPLE had to stop and view the beauty as well as to hear the crashing waters .
The serenity and beauty brought about laughter, joy, and even a neighborly sharing of snacks on the trail. At one point, the “front runners” fearing for the latter “clickers” and “gawkers” stopped to mark a direction in the dirt just to make sure no one would lose their way.
Oh, The Beauty of this rushing Rogue River! Even Sweeper TEMPLE had to stop and view the beauty as well as to hear the crashing waters .
The serenity and beauty brought about laughter, joy, and even a neighborly sharing of snacks on the trail. At one point, the “front runners” fearing for the latter “clickers” and “gawkers” stopped to mark a direction in the dirt just to make sure no one would lose their way.
And then it all happened.
One by one, we hit the “place in the sun” where we could not believe our eyes. Nature’s
beauty was playing a joke on us, we thought.
All of a sudden each and every one of us saw the beauty TWICE. . . up, and then upside down as reflected in the
water.
What a trip. What Fall beauty. What more could one want?
Oh, yes. Lunch. Followed by a quick stop on the way home, to Becky’s Pie Shop where Cindy Earle was heard to say, “Gideon, your hike walked my sole off!”
Life is good.
Patti Blide Oh, yes. Lunch. Followed by a quick stop on the way home, to Becky’s Pie Shop where Cindy Earle was heard to say, “Gideon, your hike walked my sole off!”
Life is good.
MMOA hikers: Ruth Reiterman, Temple Ashbrook, Gideon Wizansky, Julianne Ashmead, Patti Blide, Katherine Ross, Donna Swanson, Donna Stuart, Virginia Christensen, Claire Lindberg, Cindy Earle
