Starting off, Gas, and Water

July 25

After a day of fun and excitement…ok more like smooth chaos (if there is such a thing)….and wonderful 3 hours at dance, we finally started our journey at 9:00 PM. We drove and drove and drove. Since we were all pretty tired, we decided to stop for a 5 hour sleep in the Tri-Cities.

While driving, I started reading aloud my summer assignment from Otterbein. It’s a pretty interesting book. I think it’d be a good one to read for IB 20th Century History when we study WWII. What’d you think of it, Elizabeth?

Overall, today wasn’t the most exciting day. However, tomorrow we have a lot of driving to do.

July 26

Well ladies and gentlemen, he did it again. That’s right. My father managed to run us out of gas in the middle of nowhere. However this time it was about 11:00 PM. We stopped about 12 miles from the closest town. What’d we do? The only thing we could. Dad and I started a very long walk to town. Lucky for us, about 6 cars later someone stopped to pick us up. It was a good thing we didn’t have to walk the entire way for 3 reasons…..1) it would have taken us about 4 hours, 2) there was a thunderstorm coming, and 3) I was dressed nicely (high heels included). How’d we get into this predicament? Well, we had 2 bars left of gas (about 1/5 of a tank) and we were in a hurry to get to Virginia City for the melodrama we were going to see with our family. So we thought to get gas after the play. Well, we ended up stopping at a friend’s house to visit for an hour. By the time we were done, it was dark and everything in the small towns had closed up shop. The closest town with a hopeful open gas station was Whitehall. As luck would have it, we ran out of gas 12 miles from Whitehall. I do have to admit that if the town hadn’t been so darn far away, I would have liked to walk. It was a really nice night (minus the oncoming thunderstorm). The sky was completely clear and the stars were gorgeous. It was amazing.

The melodrama turned out to be an adaptation of Rumplestilskin and a Vaudeville Variety show. In short…..no melodrama. However, the play was pretty good. It had song and dance, as well as acting (of course). I laughed a many of the over exaggerations made by the actors. I think a job like this would be fun for the summer. After the play, a bunch of scenes and songs were performed. Most were pretty good. Again, a lot was over exaggerated…but that was needed for the scenes I suppose. It was a pretty good day.

I can’t wait for tomorrow. Water skiing in freezing cold water! Bring it!

July 27

I had a great time today. We spent a lot of it out on Flathead Lake. We rented a boat and a sea-do. I once again attempted water-skiing, but failed. Hwever, this time I went up and over...aka I was actually up for about a second and then fell on my face. I did this twice. I have complete confidence that while in Ohio with Kirby I will be able to get up and stay up. I can't wait to try. Lisa and I went on the sea-do, as did Brooke and me. It was fun. Lisa and I also went swimming and jumped off of a platfom that was in the lake. Good times. However, I did get a little sunburned...but oh well. It's not too bad.

After fun times on the water, we went to Pirates. Yes this means it is my 3rd time seeing it, but hey, who can't get enough pirate action, right?

Tomorrow, we're going on a "14 mile" hike. Quotes are present because we don't have time to go on that long of a hike and still make it to where we need to be that evening. It'll be interesting to see how long and far we actually do hike.

Well, that's about it. I'm pretty tired. I think I won't be getting much sleep until I come home and sleep in my own bed.