A lot was going on this past Saturday. Actually, my story starts on Friday afternoon before our hike, during my lunch hour in Newport.
I was sitting in my truck at my work, Naval Station Newport, about ready to drive to the Dress Barn to buy my Mom a birthday present for her party on Saturday afternoon. Since one of Jody's stores is almost next door to the Dress Barn, I decided to call her to see if she was interested in helping me pick something out... I didn't expect her to be there, but I had to try anyway. Jody and I talked a bit and I then promised to bring my Cosmo ingredients to share with her during our famous "Take the Edge Off" later that evening at Sof and Rob's. We ended up making about 4 or 5 cosmopolitans and probably 5 or 6 Tangueray and Tonics. All of us really enjoyed a wonderful evening singing to Mark and Rob's iPods and we all were feeling very good by the end of the night. I definitely had 1 or 2 too many... I actually have movies and pictures to prove it.
Saturday morning... OHHH.... I was not feeling good at all. My alarm went off and I almost decided to call it quits. I dragged myself out of bed and eventually Deb and I got to Norwich about 10 minutes late. I was dreading a horrible walk in between my headache and my stomach pains.
Once we started out, I started feeling a little better. As we hiked, the trail was very rocky throughout. We were forced to stay alert to keep from tripping. I even caught Bob coming up from a fall in one picture. He has scrapes in his knee to prove it.
The first picture in this newsletter was taken in front of the Hartford skyline. It's barely visible in the background.
Our next picture is of Deb and Sof during one of my stops to snap some pictures... I was determined to snap a lot of pictures this hike.
Our next picture was inspired by Sof who suggested to frame us inside a bed of ferns.
We all decided that all the rocks were a great backdrop.
Bob, getting the LOVE...
Our Hiking Adventures at the summit of Lookout Mountain at 744ft. Hartford is seen much better in this picture.
See everyone next week!
Joe
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