Science

See what I succumb to from work??!!

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What is that and why is it green???

Mangos

Mamacita

For my birthday, my mom took me on a hike to Chimney Rock.  It was awesome.  Well, the stairs were not awesome, but the views were!  Usually there is an elevator that takes you up to the top part of the hike...otherwise you have to climb about 1000 stairs.  Well, littleknownstous, the elevator was "out of order".  Suffice to say that I was holding onto the rail for dear life on the way back down to keep my legs from collapsing.  Other than that, the hike was nice.  :)


You know...some of this...

And a little of this....

And some more of this...

Until finally!!!

Bailey, of course, had no trouble at all climbing the gazillion stairs.

Bailey did not want to take the picture.  I think the waterfall was making her nervous.  What lab doesn't like water???

Woohoo!!  Made it to the top of the stairs!!  

Did you notice the hat??  Ryan got it for me for my birthday.  It says RF for Randi Frazier, not Roger Federer.  Just to clarify.

The Bear!!

So there have been several instances where I have seen evidence of "the bear" that notoriously roams about our yard...tearing open the trash and distributing it throughout the yard, bending the fence, footsteps in the night...you know, the usual.

But this time I saw him.

Let me lay it out for you.  My mom and I just got back from brunch and we drove back up to the cabin so that my mom could get Bailey, our chocolate lab.  So I'm sitting in the passenger seat of the car (windows down) with a plate full of meatballs on my lap.  Obviously I'm not paying attention and starting aimlessly out the passenger-side window when I hear a small noise on the other side of the car.

The bear is literally 10 feet away sniffing at the air.  I froze in place and quickly decided that if I were to try to run to the cabin, I would become dessert.  (Not really--I think this bear is friendly, but I don't want to press my luck).  Because of my adrenaline rush, I yell out "BEAR" (I couldn't think of what else to say), and he looks my way.  Then I grab my camera.