Today is the day for flowers. I seem to be considered an expert on cameras and flower pictures so had been asked to lead a specific walk to the Japanese Rock Garden and talk about flowers and taking pictures of them. Remember the definition of an expert is someone who knows a little more than the others.. so being defined as an expert is really way off the truth. I am moderately capable.
The area we defined as the Japanese Rock Garden is a beautiful water flow that starts up in the Molar Meadows and flows over several rock formations down a steep bank of several hundred feet. The rock formations include several small waterfalls, sheer rock basins and pools of water. Surrounding this on both sides is a large variety of alpine flowers. To get to the Japanese Rock Garden you need to hike about 4 km from camp. Not a long hike at all but with frequent stops for photos, it can take a long time.
The hike was going great until noon, when the light cloud we had been enjoying thickened and darkened and the rain started to drop slowly upon our heads. As we sat eating our lunch with our rain gear on, we had to wonder how much more flower photos were likely to occur. Then when the hail started, we knew the answer, time to pack up and head for home. Of course by the time we got back to the camp the sun was out again.
In the evening on the last night of the camp we always have skits night. Everyone is invited to create some form of skit or song to share in a humours way. This year we have a couple of songs shared multi-culturally which means they sang the same song in several languages (Dutch, German, French, and English) . Then there was a variety of skits that were based on events of the camp which when portrayed were extremely funny. The one that was the best I think was a bedtime story told to us by Mrs. Doubtfire was in camp. Mrs. Doubtfire was played by one of the hikers who has a remarkable resemblance to the character created by Robin Williams even to the sound of her voice. She wrote and share the story about 54 piglets (54 being the number of hikers in the camp) and really found creative ways to bring hiking and camp life into the story. We loved it and almost fell off our seats laughing.
Well the day ended fairly late and everyone headed off to bed wondering if we would see sunshine or rain in the morning. Did I mention that around dinner time a storm blew in (and I mean blew in) shaking all the tents and pounding down rain. Then after about 15 minutes it was sunny again. This repeated several times so we never knew when to move or sit. What was unfortunate for some was they put out clothes and boots to air and for them, the rain meant a mad dash with loud sounds uttered. Oh well time to sleep and see what morning brings. We leave for civilization in the am.
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