Wow! What a fabulous time you must have had. Thanks for sharing it with
us. And welcome back.
Blessings,
Vicki
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [ECHURCH-USA] Trip and reunion
> Hi guys!
>
> I'm back! I left Thursday morning around 11:00 with Mom and Dad. We went
> to Judy and Wendell's house where Bob and Donna had driven with their
> rental. We got ready and got into the rental with them. We traveled for
> awhile and stopped for lunch at a place on the Oregon trail and looked
> around a bit. When we got to Yackima (I don't know how to spell that
one.)
> we had dinner and stopped for the night. The next day we went on to Port
> Townsend where Maxine lives, ate lunch, got ready and went on to Port
Warden
> where the reunion was. It was fun! I think there were supposed to be 75
> people. I put strings on most of the name tags on the way over. We
stayed
> in maybe two or three houses where bedding and linen were provided, but a
> lot of the time we walked a ways to where we ate, but that's good for you,
> right? We were close to the bay, so we went down to the beach and
explored.
> Some people even saw dolphins and odders! I got to touch interesting
> seaweed and other things too, and later I got a boat ride. It was fun,
and
> it was bumpy when we went fast, but the waves weren't deep like I like
them.
>
> Friday night they had us start a game in which we went around asking
> everybody what our favorite kind of ice cream is and have us sign our
names
> on each other's papers. I didn't have anyone do it, but I signed some of
> them. Saturday morning we had tags stuck to our backs. I didn't get what
> the secret was, but we got assigned to groups of about eight people, each
> group witha name like Dolphins (my group), Odders, or Octopus. We had to
> get our middle names, add up our ages, and remember the total for some
> reason. Then my group, at least, when the groups got together at
> dinnertime, figured out what machine we were going to act out that night.
I
> suggested that we do a CD player; have some people form a frame on the
> outside, while the rest go inside and spin around, and we all sing a song.
> It didn't take long for them to say what we were, so I wonder if somebody
> spilled the beans. (smile) Later we went outside to watch my nephew swing
a
> light stick around.
>
> Sunday we had a time of worship and sharing, watched videoes of reunions
> past, socialized, and a little more singing and devotion. That night my
> nephew and a friend did fire poy, in which you run, spew a bit of alcohol,
> swing something around, and I don't remember all the details but it's safe
> if you're supervised; they use kerosene. I don't think Mom and Dad saw it
> though. we weren't sure if he was going to do it. We sat in the car
> waiting to find out, so it wasn't described to me. I was disappointed.
>
> After lunch Yesterday, Bob and Donna took off with their daughter Antara,
> who came the day before, and went to Portland, Oregon to fly back to
> Virginia. Maxine and Dad drove us all the way back to Idaho today! we
had
> dinner at Judy's before coming home. So, what's been going on since I've
> been gone? I was trying to get my e-mail, but I got error messages, so I
> thought I'd write while I wait to try again. Let's see if I can get it
now.
>
> Sharon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shelly Pryor" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 6:22 PM
> Subject: Re: Trip and reunion
>
>
> > Hey sharron where in washington will you be? Just curious because I live
> in
> > wa.
> > Shelly
> >
> >
>
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