Sharon,
    I'm glad you had a good trip and glad your back safe.

Amy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 1:58 AM
Subject: Re: 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
> >
> >