Sunday, July 3, 2005
Woke at 6:30 AM. Showered. Patrick, Galen, and I went to Safeway for groceries. Back to camp. Set up and cooked breakfast: French press coffee, French toast, fritatta, bananas, Rainier and bing cherries, orange juice. After breakfast, Remi, Jesse, Galen, Peter, and Marck went hiking at Armstrong Woods—a 5.6-mile loop climbing 1100 feet (East Ridge Trail from the front parking lot to Gilliam Creek Trailhead looping back along Pool Ridge Trail and Pioneer Trail) which included the Colonel Armstrong Tree—the oldest tree in the grove, estimated to be over 1400 years old and is named after a lumberman who chose to preserve this portion of the park in the 1870s. Travis, Steve, Patrick, Greg, Tony, Antonio, and I went to Fife's pool and laid out on blankets in the grassy area. Greg, Tony, and Antonio left after about an hour to go wine tasting. Travis, Steve, Patrick, and I stayed behind and played in the pool. The dog from yesterday was back again, and everyone laughed when the dog jumped onto the innertube that Steve was using in the pool. Picked up sandwiches and chips from Pasta Boys Deli (16337 Main Street, Guerneville) and ate them back at the pool. Patrick had cold pastrami and swiss, Steve had hot pastrami, Travis had ?, I had a chicken club sandwich. Steve played volleyball, I napped in the tent, Patrick helped Galen prepare dinner. Patrick made chicken and sausage jambalaya on the stove (served with sliced French bread) and Galen made spare ribs on the barbecue. We stayed in our camp and made s'mores over the barbecue. Galen, Peter, and Marck went to a foam party at Fab. Travis and Steve tried to get in to the foam party but couldn't and came back early. Greg and Antonio packed gear and left Guerneville this evening. Remi, Jesse, Patrick, Tony, and I walked through downtown Guerneville. All the locals were out in the street which had been closed off for a laser light show projected onto the fog which had floated in. We went to the Triple R and enjoyed karaoke. Tony visited the psychic at the Triple R. Remi, Jesse, and Patrick sang karaoke. Jesse sang Billy Joel's "New York State of Mind," Remi sang George Michael's "Jesus to a Child," and Patrick sang both parts of the Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand duet "You Don't Bring Me Flowers." Back to camp. Patrick learned earlier today by telephone that someone had drowned and died yesterday in the Russian River. Fortunately, it was no one in our party. Sleep.