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Genetic Monsters, Haunted Caves, Alpacas, and the Civil War

September 13, 2004 on 12:00 am | In Uncategorized | Comments Off on Genetic Monsters, Haunted Caves, Alpacas, and the Civil War

Umm… yup, that about sums up my weekend. DH gave me a big stack of DVDs for my birthday (7 total). The first off the pile was Space Cowboys follwed by Space Camp, Space Balls, Star Gate, Armageddon, Titan AE and the last one on the pile, Lilo & Stitch. The theme was spaceships. Gee, I wonder why? And if you havn’t seen Lilo & Stitch or if you have only seen it once, please make sure that you see it at least twice to fully enjoy this little gem. The first time DH and I saw it, we thought it was an okay movie but Lilo was annoying. Then I saw it again and again and now I’m hooked. I think Stitch is the genetic monster version of Grommit! He is smart, funny, and really cute! I even have two little stuffed Stitchs at home. And come on… how can I not like his name!

Yesterday was the family gathering for my birthday. I decided that we should have a picnic at Harpers Ferry. DH and I went early and did a little 3 hour hike before meeting the rest of the family at 1:30. We went up to the Stone Fort on Maryland Heights and then stopped by the cliff overlooking Harpers Ferry. I got a cool panorama from the cliff. Click on the thumbnail below to see the full picture.

After the picnic, I opened my gifts from the family. My mom visted the LYS near her and picked up three skeins of Alpaca blend (with Brittany needles), pink pencil roving ready to spin, and the Big Book of Handspinning that I had requested. Now, I’m trying to figure out what my new alpaca buddies will become. She also picked up the business card for an alpaca farm not that far away. My sister had a little mystery for me. She gave me a series of small gifts and I was to guess what the main gift was. She gave me large and small glow sticks, binoculars, and then the final clue… head lamps. Knowing what I had offered as gift suggestions, I asked, “Does this have anything to do with the spelunking book?” Yup, she pulled out this cute little diorama of a cave. It had stalagmite and stalagtites. One of the stalagmites was even made of little “crystal” beads. Don’t worry, I’ll get a picture of it tonight. So, the gift is admission to Crystal Cavern at Hupp’s Hill. And she just send me email about a Haunted Cave on the 30th of October that I think we’ll do (Halloween is DH’s favorite holiday).

After lunch, the family piled on to the bus for the trip from the parking area to the town of Harpers Ferry and explored the town. More pictures can be found here