MeMyself

Tuesday, June 30

I, again, woke up first, with Tom not far behind me. We were planning on another hike today, but, alas, upon waking, Tom had a painful foot that had him hobbling around and a hike did not appear to be in the cards. He gets these bouts of painful tendonitis in the left foot/ankle area occasionally and it really slows him down. This one was not quite as bad as some in the past, which have had him on crutches. I walked over to the mercantile for my morning cup of coffee and told Michael about Tom not really being able to walk due to his painful foot, he suggested that we might want to take the drive around the lake. He got out a map for me and circled a couple of interesting spots. One was just about a ½ mile up the road where the “World’s Largest Sitka Spruce Tree” was. It was a short walk off of the road but he said, along with some other folks that were buying coffee while we were talking, that it was something worth seeing. He also circled a couple of waterfalls and pointed out an area where a couple of black bear have been spotted hanging around as well as some potential elk-spotting areas. So we canned the hiking idea and all piled into the car for the drive around the lake. Unfortunately, we did not see any wildlife, but we did visit the Sitka Spruce tree and took some photos at one of the waterfalls.

Once back at the lodge we decided to have a rematch of horseshoes (you know those boys, they cannot stand to lose!), so we played another couple of rounds of horseshoes and the boys did end up winning two out of three, although I must say that Megan & I made a much better show than I ever dreamed. We even had a few ringers, each, throughout the games!

We ended the evening with dinner in the Roosevelt Room again, then some serious lodge time…….reading, etc…and relaxing. We all agreed that we really like this place and would be willing to come back again. The next day was a road day for a one night stay at the WorldMark condo in Long Beach, Washington.