Adventure!

So tonight, late, about 9:10 pm, my brother Sam and I heard music from our house. It was distant, but hearable. At first it sounded like music coming from a house down the street, and we thought someone was having a party. Then my dad said, 'No, thats coming from a concert down at Old Mill.' So then we drove down to Old Mill to check it out. When we got there, we heard absolutely nothing. It was silent. But we saw a lot of cars driving away, so naturally, we thought the concert had just ended and people were leaving. So we drove home, and we heard the music again. So I said, "Yeah, I think it is a party." and then my mom said "Maybe it is coming from Cascade (the middle school by our house)." and she told us to go walk down there and check it out if we wanted. So we started walking. Now, to get to cascade from our house is about 10 minutes. So we got there... and it was dark, and sorta creepy, and nothing was going on at all. But we definitely heard the music louder. So we kept walking. We hopped this tall fence, and started walking through all this land. Past Cascade, then Past 7 Peaks (Another middle school) and we did some trail creating of our own. We leaped over sagebrush, got poked by a lot of prickles, climbed a few more fences, crossed a unknown busy street, that in daylight I probably would know. Then we finally heard the music loud and saw lights. And a stage. But in the distant. We slid down this big dusty hill, and finally got there. Standing in the parking lot, I realized where we were - The Bend Athletic Center - about a 20 - 25 minute walk from our house if you count all the bush whacking and trail making. Everyone was leaving, right as we got there the concert ended. There must have been 300 people there. I think it may have been a paid concert, so when we saw a gate open, and no one gaurding, we snuck in. There was this one guard there that was looking at us like we were young ruffians and didn't belong there. Out of no where, my brother says just loudly enough for the guard to hear, "Mom? Dad? Where are you guys?!" and I was just dumbfounded. He thought of that by himself! I always thought him to be a goody two shoes, but his rebellious side just shined. I am so proud of him! He's learning well. :) So we get past the guard, and into the concert, and there is a LOT of litter on the ground, and a big stage with lights and such all over it, and it was so cool! Then we left to go home after about 5 minutes of exploring. We took a different route, but it was pretty adventuresome also! Keep in mind, all of this is being done in the black of night! So it was creepy just climbing through unknown forest! AHH!

Day at the Lake!

So today, my family and I and my grandparents went to Sparks Lake. It was a beautiful day of a lovely 73 degrees! Absolutely b-e-a-u-tiful day! We packed everything up onto the car (4 bikes, 3 inner tubes, and 2 kayaks) and drove off. Well the bike bringing was a bust. No bikes were allowed on the trails.. so that was pointless. Although they kayaks were fun! I was the first out on the kayaks, and I paddled out to a little island out in the lake. It was made completely of big rocks jutting out of the water. I docked the boat and climbed ashore. It was so pretty out there! Absolutely amazing! Eventually after exploring the island, I got back into my kayak and paddled away. Then I came back and ate. And had snickers bars. Oh yum! Wow, isn't THAT exciting. Heh heh.. Now the water in the lake is absolutely FREEZING. But I had been sitting in the sun for a while, widdeling away at a stick I had found, and was extremely hot. So i decided I was gonna jump in. I climbed out to a high rock that led to deep water, and was spazzing out cause suddenly, I didn't really want to get in that freezing water. But now this other lady on the other side of the little inlet of the lake that was kinda like a swimming hole was watching and cheering me on along with my brother, so I knew i couldn't back out. I counted down and jumped. Longest jump of my life. Well not really that long, but I sure had enough time for a lot of thoughts to go through my head. "oh noooo, here it comes! its gonna be cold! crap why did i jump!? ahh! THATS SO COLD!!!" and then i was in the water, and it was over my head. My head hurt so bad from the cold. It was so freakin icy! but once I had gotten over the brain freeze and eventually emptied my nose from all the icy lake water that had shot up it, it was really fun, and my body was so numb that I didn't even feel the cold! So i did some more rock jumping, and my bro jumped in, and it was all good! Finally it was time to go. I fell asleep partially on the way back, and now I am nice and clean, and know that Sparks Lake, is a SUPER fun lake to go and explore!