Alright, so, you probably all want to hear about the trip to Cascade now!

We left for Cascade on wednesday, at about 12 I think. I brought along a couple changes of clothes, my Bible, my Camera, my notebook and a few other things.
I also brought along a Patriots history of the United states, which made the trips full of reading time.

First stop on our trip, was The Maverick. We always stop at that Gas station, because they have good snacks for trips. I got an icecream, a candy bar, half a small pizza(mary got the other half) and a gatoraid.

On the trip up, about 5 minutes from weiser(where the maverick was located), we noticed something on the road! Looked like a tent! Wonder if it flew out of the back of the truck? Well, we made it to the maverick and checked the truck and, sure enough! It was gone! So, Mary and I went back and got it, and then drove on.

The rest of the group was still waiting for us at the Maverick, but we didn’t stop. They saw us though, so it was fine. We stopped at a Cenex station to get gas(we didn’t actually get any at the maverick, for this car anyways!), and got passed by the rest of the group. The Gas station was interesting because it had those old style pumps! Not many of those around anymore.

We got going from the station, and finally caught up to the caravan. We passed through a town… I think it was Cambridge. And Mary saw a sign that said “Grapes $1 lb” So she said she had to stop! So, we stopped and got the grapes. She also got a couple poweraids! I’d already drank down my gatoraid too.

The group ahead evidently didn’t know what happened to us so, when we got up the road, we were a bit surprised to see them pulled off in a pull-off! We talked a little, gave them some grapes, and Grandma gave us her cell phone for the ride up.

We got going, and then we made another stop! McCall! I beleive it was Payette Lake, but it may have been McCall lake. I’m not really sure. But we stopped there for a bathroom break. Grandma and Grandpa went ahead though, and called and said they stopped at Burger Barn(*Den really.). So, we headed out, after getting a couple pics…

And then, from there, we headed over to Burger Den, and had lunch. From there it was pretty straight driving. We got to Cascade, Mary and I didn’t see the sign for the resort, but called Grandma and Grandpa and they told us to turn around and look for a sign that said “waters Edge” So, we turned around, and found it! At last, we arrived at Waters Edge.

I looked around a little and headed in to the office to see what they were doing. Just registering there and stuff like that. Then a few of us played a little tad bit of volleball(they had a net and sand there). And then we all headed up to our campground to set up camp.

The Tent set up was fairly easy, and so was the fifth wheel, but Unfortunately, there was a sewer spill when Grandpa attempted at hooking it up at the resort! Whew that stank! Finally got it hooked up though, and spread ash on the ground to stop the scent.

Then we went back and tried out the Kayaks. They were pretty fun! Though, at the resort, there was just a little area to Kayak in. Too bad! They had a potluck down there(they do it every wednesday night), so we went to that(brought chips and salsa, and hot dogs.), and then played some Volleyball, and then Kayaked some more! Then there was this nine year old Japanese kid who had his water gun, and decided to start a water fight with me in my Kayak! RETREAT!! Was about my most used word. What chance do I have against a squirt gun??

Ok, after that, Anna and Caleb actually arrived at the resort! I didn’t expect them until Friday, but I guess they decided today was the day!

Isaac found this rock that they had in the yard there, and he sat in it a proclaimed “It’s God’s Sun chair!”. Surprisingly, it really was about like a sun chair.

Then some of us went swimming at the river place, and it was pretty fun. I haven’t gone swimming all summer so it was nice! You could about walk across half of it, so I did that, then swam across the rest of the way. It wasn’t too bad, but I was tuckered!

After that, we went back to camp and actually got to do a camp fire!

It was in a contained dealie, but still nice.

We roasted Marshmallows and made smores! I attempted at toasting a smore, but it didn’t work. We sang some songs that night around the camp fire, and told stories. Then I went to bed at about 10:30, everybody was up pretty late. And I slept in the tent, and I’m not used to sleeping on the ground, so I had a hard time(haha) getting to sleep! Uncle Dan Snores too!

And thus, ends the yammerings about day one in Cascade! Enjoy! Post to come for day two!

Hello all! I’m in Cascade right now, on the lappy(Rebecca just brought it up). Probably a post to come! We had a blast yesterday at the lake! I’ll write more later(once I’m home).
Tata!

Benjamin

Alright, First things first!

Yesterday:
Nursing homes was yesterday(as usual) and, when Isaac and I got home from said weekly event, A new car seemed to be parked in the front of our house. Who was this character, who dared park more than 10 feet away from the mailbox? Not an unexpected arrival!
Uncle Dan’s here! Hehe, He’s probably the one uncle who comes to visit us the most(must like comming and visiting us!). So, after not seeing him since…. Two thanksgivings ago, it was really nice to see him! Grandma and Grandpa were here as well, and we were planning on playing cards, but I think everybody was a bit more content to yap than play.
Grandma and Grandpa left about 8-9 and Uncle Dan is staying was(and is tonight) staying here. We stayed up talking until about midnight, mostly politics. Than affter that, came(of course) bed.

Moving on to….

Today!
Let’s see, I came downstairs at like 8 or 9, and come to find out, Grandma and Grandpa wake up early and had already found their way over here. They were doing something about their house(they’re building one in Idaho), so they came over here to use phones or something. Anyways, we talked over stuff to bring, and stuff like that, and then they, and Uncle Dan went shopping for goods for the trip.
And while they were gone, I did some weed eating(with the weed eater - just got fixed), and then some reading. It wasn’t too awfully eventful. I did get interupted while reading to, Grandma, Grandpa and uncle Dan getting home and Grandpa needing some help taking his trailer off the stands and on to the truck(trailer=fifth wheel). So, after arousing the natives(Isaac and Luke) we got a fair following and proceeded to follow Grandma and Grandpa in their car.
There was a detour to getting the trailer unjacked and stuff, and that was staking out the house(I don’t think those stakes tasted very well!). So, after doing that(took, maybe fifteen minutes to twenty), we headed over to where Grandma and Grandpa have their trailor parked(at the Neashams) and got it all unjacked and hooked up(to the truck). Then after that, we(Uncle Dan and us boys) headed home(our house). Mostly just talked, and I found us a cooler, and Also found a tent for some of us to sleep in.
Also, the girls went on a fishing expedition and caught four catfish! I’ll post some pics after I get home.

OK and moving on to….

Tomorrow:
We’re going up to Cascade. Grandpa wanted us boys to wake up early to go to mens group, but I think it got a little too late on us! it’s at 6:30 AM and it’s 11:44 PM so, that doesn’t leave much time to sleep! Ah well, I’m sure he’ll be alright. And yeah, going up to cascade(two hour drive), and doing stuff up there. Isaac’s gonna take a CLEP(College Level Examination Program) test on Analizing and enterpreting literature. So, Wish him Luck!.

That’s everything! see Y’all!

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Just a few moments ago, Luke was reading an article about coffee! Apearantly, they’ve figured out a nice unique way to use small primates to work in the fields. They just, eat the coffee and bring it back when they need to get rid of it. It goes for about $600 a pound generally. Quite a umm delicacy. Yum!

Gross huh?

And now, the sequel to my previous post.

Uncle Dan is comming up for a visit! He’ll be here ummm either today or tomorrow! Then, on Wednesday through Friday, we’re gonna go up to Cascade Lake and have a sorta campout thing, with Grandma and Grandpa and all us! It’ll be fun.

Other Plans? Hmmm I don’t remember. Still have some reading to do. Need to get some work done, and yeah, the usual!

see y’all!

Benjamin

Not very far, but I’m posting anyway!

Let’s seee…. What was my last update about? err well I mean, my last Everyday kinda update!

Ah Ha! Back when Micah came for his visit! Hmmm that was a while ago! Since then ummm *whacks head* Lots but not too much has been happening. Sarah went back to Washington, and is back now, staying in Idaho pretty much permenant.

Also, Our cousins(3rd, and his kids so 4th, and their mom so 3rd in-law.), whom we(all us kids) had never met before!(Dad knew Dennis, his cousin, does that make him a 2nd or 3rd cousin??) There’s 5 kids in their family, they’re homeschooled, conservative and musical. They all loved my chess set too. We Played Settlers of Catan with the boys. They decided it was a fun game! We played tetherball some that night, and I won all but one games. Dennis beat me! And then they left until morning, and we made swedish pancakes. They were good! After breakfast, we all talked some, and then exchanged addresses(email and real) and Phone numbers. Then they went on the road again.

Since then, Rebecca cut back to three days a week at her job, Isaac got three credits for taking the CLEP test for history of the united states, and I read about three chapters in A Patriot’s History of the United States (they’re long chapters).

Well, I don’t know if I left out anything (Rachel? Mary?), but I guess that’ll do for now

ttyl!

Benjamin

Dictionary Definition for Mediocre:
1. of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate.
2. rather poor or inferior.

Never settle for just what’s fun, or what makes you feel the best at the moment. Anyone who’s ever read history(this includes biblical history) can see that, the people who rough it, the people who don’t go in it for themselves, the people who care for people, and the people who won’t comprimise the truth, are always the ones who keep the world afloat, and, though not always remembered, are always heros.(And Most of them are christians.)

I would have posted longer, but who needs a lot of words to say what we already know? If it doesn’t make sense, comment and I’ll talk to ya

it’s a chess set!
I found this cool chart that Shows you some html entities with symbols and stuff it’s pretty cool. I also aquired a script that will convert all your codes to html entities, so they’re readable in a browser! Check it out. It’s also downloadable from there too

Yesterday, my entire session got erased on opera. I really dislike it when that happens, because, generally, I have thousands like 50 tabs open at once. And so, I’ve lost all of those handy little tabs I had open . I should start bookmarking. But, I never can quite do it

who bookmarks everything anyways??

This was supposed to be published last night, but I accidently posted it as a page

Take a Look at my Random Redirect WordPress Plugin Page. I just made what it, and plan to advance it further, but I’ve been having a hard time finding something to do this, and decided to write my own

Version 0.2 is comming.