Monday, November 5, 2007

The Great Outdoors (11-2-07)

This weekend we went camping and mountain biking at Land Between the Lakes with a couple of friends from school.

We had found this great backwoods camp site off the canal loop hike/bike trail the week before during a day hike. The site sits on the eastern coast of Kentucky Lake and was going to be an awesome spot to spend the weekend. Unfortunately, we set out too late on Friday and lost daylight as we searched a "short cut" to the site. We ended up wandering around some random field off the 103 in the pitch black carrying about 30 lbs of camp gear each and finally decided that the best spot for our weekend in the great outdoors was exactly where our feet were.

It sure was cold!

Good thing we had several "items" to keep us warm!


It ended up being a nice spot, although we're not sure how "legal" it was! And even more fun, the next morning we ran into a father-son hunting team who informed us it was youth hunting weekend and politely advised us that we should be wearing orange if we wanted to hang around this field!


Saturday morning, Carrie went mountain biking for the first time with David while Brad and Chris still slept. Biking downhill was great fun! Biking uphill was not so much fun. Carrie started out walking her bike as much as riding it, but by the end of the morning, she had gotten used to how to properly work the gears and was able to sucessfully stay on the bike! Carrie had decided that one night in the (cold) wilderness was enough and headed for the comforts of home while Brad, David and Chris stayed on for more mountain biking.


Brad's first experience mountain biking was a little different from Carrie's. ~Stay tuned for an account of Brad's experiences on the trail~

4 comments:

Katrina and Dave said...

Wow! This is awesome!! I miss you guys so much, it is nice to hear from you. We will have to get together sometime when Dave and I are in to visit my parents. Or, you guys are always welcome to come and stay with Dave and I in lex. We could camp in the backyard?

Vicki G said...

Carrie! So nice to see that you are wearing the infamous NKAPS shirt. Just hope the long arm of the UKCOP has no jurisdiction here. It is now up to you to keep Brad--I mean darb yrtneg--out of trouble. I hope you will not allow posts from secretaries bent on his destruction or anyone that looks like the Burger King.
Xoxox--Your future MIL

jacko69 said...

I have always felt that camping is vastly overrated...as is UK's basketball team this year...glad no one got pumped full of lead (or buckshot) in your adventures...hope y'all are doing well...we're holding da Ville down for you in your absence...really enjoying the variety of restaurants and bowling alleys LOL! Maybe we'll catch up over the holidays...take care!

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