Even after 2/3 of my team bailed because of rain, I was dead set on enjoying my saturday to the fullest extent possible. Two of the 3 others (who shall remain nameless) decided getting wet didn’t sound like much fun… and stayed in Joplin. I guess most people’s idea of fun isn’t hiking around the forest and climbing in caves in the mud and pouring rain?!? I simply prepared by taking a change of clothes, a towel, and a plastic rain pancho. Obviously the highlight was onyx cave, which is probably the coolest cave I’ve ever explored out in the wild. We also saw a huge natural bridge… which was just plain cool. All in all – it was a completely awesome saturday and well worth getting soaked and muddy…even if most people don’t think so.
Anytime you need to get away and spend some time in the outdoors, the Mark Twain Natl Forest is a great place to do it (good weather or not). Plus, there are lots of pine trees in some areas! Check out all of the pics here !
I went to the 617 thing at grant’s church last night, and then played this lord of the rings-esque board game with a few other guys. I guess my strategy of not having a strategy didn’t pay off because i was the first person to loose all my players. Oh well, it was pretty fun, even if my massachussetts minute men didn’t quite get the job done against grant’s evil wildebeast with the sabre and luc’s serpant-thing!