When we finally arrived, we started up the rather steep hill at the same time as two (ahem) buxom, blond gum-smacking teen beauties who used the word "like", like, every 2-5 words. Envious of their beauty, I was determined to prove that even though I wasn't as young and (ahem) perky as they, my tennis shoes were much more sensible than their flip-flops and I could beat them to the top.
Well... the hill was steep. Very steep. My pictures never capture accurately the quality of steep, but take my word for it. Or at least humor me. After a half hour, and having gained only 25 feet on the annoyingly fit teens, I started to hear my pulse. Not only feel it, hear it. I sat down, and everything went blurry. Tim tells me I fainted about four times.
I eventually regained my composure, and we finished the hike at a much more leisurely pace, which allowed me to see that the hike was actually quite beautiful, with very nice views. And at the top, Joanne and pals were waiting for us.
The blond fellow on the left (below) actually turned out to be an old friend from BYU - he was in my ward and semi-dated my roommate Elise. He was a great hiking companion, and picked wild blueberries all the way down. They were quite tasty. Eric reminded me of my dad in that he kept naming plants we were passing.
Old friend Eric...
New friend Gulish... she taught us a Turkish swimming game when, after the awesome hike, we went swimming at a nearbye lake.
We finished the day by having burgers, fries, and ice cream at Jaffrey Kimball Farms. It was a perfect day - thanks so much, Joanne! 
P.S. We never saw the bouncing teenagers again. D&^$ them.
9 comments:
I'm so sorry that you had to faint like that. I'm sure it was awkward, but I'm sure the whole time those teenagers were thinking..."wow. I wish I could faint like that." (you should read this comment in a jack handy kind-of way...)
What a fantastically fun day. I'm so sorry for your low bood pressure failing you as you ascended. Maybe next time you should invite me. :)
A Dickey, fainting on a hike? Is that possible? I'm just glad you recovered and made it to the top.
I'm sorry I didn't call back last night. Got home late from church. Company showed up etc. I'll call soon though and we'll chat.
Hello, my awesomely awesome former roommate / forever friend Laura: Why didn't you tell me you fainted!? You should get your iron checked too!
That was a fun day - I'm so glad you came, and HOW did you get that picture of Tim? I don't remember him consenting to a photo shoot!
BTW: I-95N and I-95S have always confused me too...
Oh man that's funny! You are such a descriptive writer!
And that's so cool that you ran into Eric! He is so nice :) He was a good friend! And I think part of the reason we got along was because he did things like naming plants :)
Dang, if it hadn't been for fainting! But, seems how you did, you didn't see those teens again only because they were up AND down by the time you made it up!;) It's a beach not being the young ones any more isn't it... I HATE IT! You are a mean hiker though, if I had been there, you would've fed me your dust.
Hey we saw those teenagers at the beach!! haha. That looks like soo much fun! I had a blast while you were here!!
That's too bad that you fainted, but it shows how tough you are that you kept going! It sounds like it was a fun day though!! Thanks again for everything; I know you are a special and amazing person!!!!!
Laura - I know you went to Utah - where are the pictures and the impeccably, stupendously, well written story that always go along with them? :)
BTW: I have a cactus of yours that's been calling out your name...
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