Mountains

We went to the mountains (keating) this past weekend with my brother-in-law and my nieces and nephew. Our family got their about dinner time Friday and made mountain pies over the camp fire. The rest of the gang didnt show up until midnight. The phone was driving me nuts...kept ringing (I eventually unplugged it). The people on the other end could hear us but our end of the line was totally dead. We had no cell phone reception so I guess its good we didnt have an emergency! Saturday the dog went nuts running around the yard and Josh realized Rueger had gotten into a bees nest and they were all over the poor guy. He took him down to the river so he could drown them off. Probably about a half hour later I saw that Malloys little face was a bit swallon around her neck/jaw area. I think she was stung too, but she took it well - We never heard a peep out of her. Her little face looked so fat from the side. We went swimming in the river Saturday and Sunday. It was so beautiful--crystal clear and just the right temp.! We left Sunday around dinner and on the way home we saw this huge black mass along the side of the hiway. it was a giant black bear. The first one I have ever seen in the wild....to bad it was dead. Sorry for the lack of fun pictures--My battery went dead right after i started using it and I didnt bring the charger:(