Yesterday we walked up Rock Canyon a ways. There's a little hollow up there that, from the canyon floor, looks like a cave. In reality it's just a bit of hollowed out area that's been blackened by people's fires. Its elevation (thanks for the GPS, Dad H.!) is about 5400 feet, which is 700 feet above our home. It was fun for us to go up there, but we couldn't stay long — we got back just before it started snowing.
Then back at home we played a fun game: Yellowstone. Each player controls a herd of wildlife and guides it from its winter range at the start of spring to its summer range and then back to its winter range by the end of autumn. You have to avoid predators, natural hazards, and other worries while getting food and having offspring to increase your herd's size and strength. At the end, after winter starvation takes its toll, the herd with the most and best animals wins the game.
To round out the night, we watched an old John Wayne favorite: North to Alaska. It was S's first time seeing it, and she loved it. Plus she got to learn the source of a few of my favorite quotes! I fell asleep in the middle of it (around 1:00 am), but she pushed through to the end. It was fun to get to spend so much time together!
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