Ruth Richardson's Rock

Not nearly as much to write about today.  We square danced last night and this morning.  We'll be at it again tonight after a potluck dinner.  Dancing will go on till 10:00 followed by an after-party.

Sunday will start with a pancake breakfast up in the dance hall followed by more dancing.

So instead of boring you with photos of square dancing I'll show you a few shots from our hike yesterday.  I can only show so many photos due to downloading time.  Yesterday I had to choose from 81 shots after I had edited out the ones I didn't like.

Our first view of Mirror Lake from the Pacific Crest Trail.

 

A big rock in the forest, 10 or 12 feet tall.

 

When Terri and I saw the rock we both said, "We should bring that back for Ruth."  The story behind it goes like this:  Ruth and Russ Richardson were walking a hunting trail when Ruth saw a bowl shaped rock that she just had to have.  The problem was it was no small rock, it was 25 pounds according to Russ's telling of the tale.  It fit into his backpack, but just barely.  The problem was they were several miles from camp if you can believe Russ's telling of the story.  Being the good husband he carried it back to camp for her.

 

It may have been worth it for Russ.  He loves telling the story.

 

Russ, you should bring your chain saw when you go to get the "Big Rock" for Ruth.  There's a pretty good size tree leaning up against Ruth's rock. 

 

So much for today, we're off to dance.