Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Happy Birthday America!
The First week of July- otherwise known as the birthday week for the white colonial nations of North America. July 1st is Canada Day (add 1 more thing to my new found knowledge of that delightful country) and 3 days later is America's. I went with Michele and Maranda to an area north east of Seoul called Gangwon Do. First thing we did was go whitewater rafting down some rapids (making pit stops along the way to jump off rocks and partake in an odd ritual where the guide of your raft would hold you under neath ice cold streaming water, twisting your neck into the stream). That night we celebrated the 4th in grand style. BBQ, music, fireworks, juice box sizes of soju. We had it all. We also had mud wrestling, people passing out, steam engine snoring. Needless to say we started the next day's river trekking hike nearly 3 hours late and some stupid people who did the entire hike in 2,500 won flip flops from Homeplus. Like yours truly. I went pretty fast but my feet are still mad at me.
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Megs - sounds like you had a great time. Mom and I ended up climbing Mt. Baldy the other day with some friends who are part of a group called "FLAB" (Fun Loving Acting Broads. Token spouses are allowed on training hikes like this but not on the real event - ususally a 7-8 dau backpacking hike somewhere in the Sierras etc. We had a great time but it was a real butt kicker of a hike. Mom actually got altitude sickness that made her a bit of a zomby that night when we were having our Anniversary Dinner. It took about 24 hours for her to get over it. Anyway, we too had a great 4th in Big Bear with Denise and Larry Bacher. Sounds like you had some real fire works of your own - the river water event sounds kind of cold and I probably don't need to know any more about the mud wrestling but am proud that you won those flip flops!
Love,
Dad
Haha.
won. Pronounced as if it rhymed with "lawn". The Korean currency. 2,500 won is about 2 american dollars. I did not partake in any mud wrestling, that was entirely the males of the group. But I did hike in 2 dollar sandals. And I ROCKED it!
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