On August 19, 2006, Ethan, Jeff and Karen met Steve, Sam and Jake at Parker Dam in Pennsylvania.
Parker Dam Lake
The swimming bay (with added sand)
Parker Dam dam
The cabin
The back of the cabin
The cabin's covered porch
The toilet block
Inside the toilet block
Ethan and Sam explorin' in the rain
Campers: all wet clothes must be discarded before entering!
Yes I did say ALL wet clothes!
The bunks
(see previous slide)
Please note: we have a new "evil" (tm) feature on our camera making anything appear like a demon of the night. tested on our local chipmunk.
A butterfly
Monarch catterpillar
A Monarch butterfly
Can you believe it folks! Another butterfly!
A bright yellow spider
Jewelweed
(say in robotic voice) "overload! overload! too many butterfly pictures!!!! (ok stop with the voice now!) *large explosion noise*
Yay! a nature picture thats not a butterfly! lets just stick with my good ol' friend the bee! c'mon. please.
Woohooo! more bees!
berries (edible cos none of us have died or had um...ya know...
Our lizard (sic) named "rex."
us walking across some stepping stones (c'mon i don't know what that thing in the front is! but im pretty sure its some new kind of ape.)
more stepping stones
yes folks! even more stepping stones!
a river leading off parker dam dam
rocks going across the river
a nice piccy of us on our first hike
more piccys of us on our first hike
we found a nice spot for climbing
a dead millipede
a trout near this bridge called for leaning over and observing it
note: this was done by a trained professional moneyfinder so dont try this on your local dirt road. this may result in quick tempers and easy boredom
we did a bit of fishing at the lake
we caught some nice fish
we searched for crayfish too
we caught some more nice fish
we did quite a bit of fishing
we also did a bit of wading
but it did come with a little bit of a downside for anyone not wearing swimming trunks
the ccc left their mark
"yes that means you vice president"
you can recognise monkeys when you see them
a nice little place to stop for ice cream and firewood
that was the small!
small? that isn't small!
a few friends came over...
...to show off their new car
ok mum (or mom for americans) you just had to take that picture didn't you?
fishin for the trout we saw
