It't time to post something again, ain't it?

Well, I've started building the waterfall/pond landscaping "feature" at my aunt's house in Gig Harbor. I spent a few days down there last week, and am going to head down tomorrow, it seems to be rounding its way into shape.

Yesterday, I made a batch of beer, Andy's dunkelweizen, for the cuz's wedding in October, then headed for T&A's house, where we had some chili, played some croquet, watched some football, and played some Cranium. Ostensibly, we were there to have some watermelon they were trying to get eaten, but I don't even Like watermelon.

Today, Tyler and I hiked up Mt. Townsend (in the Olympics, near Quilcene). It is a great dayhike, with great views of almost the entire Puget basin, and into Sequim and Port Angeles, and even across the Strait to Victoria.

Porblem was, it wasn;t what we set out to do. We had planned to "hike" up to Lake Constance, which is only 2+ miles (one way), but a gain of 3300'!!! It sounded like a real adventure, with a warning that is was more of a "route" than a trail, and for experienced hikers only. It turns out the road into that area was washed out, making the hike 3 miles longer (one way). That was a little more than we bargained for, and seeing as how Tyler and I hadn't gotten off to the earliest of starts this morning (thanks to all the beer last night) we decided the Mt Townsend hike was a prudent choice. The road to Lake Constance trailhead may not be fixed for a couple years, but it's one I'm definitely keeping on the "to do" list.