Day 380: Pat and Michaela

Since this is Pat's first musical, he doesn't know me or that I photograph everything during the musical. He and Michaela were rehearsing the scene where they kiss for the first time.  The aud was nearly empty, perhaps to help them get more comfortable without a hundred kids watching and giggling.  I took six shots of the kiss and none of them were good.

We evaluated all the dresses to see what we have and how many we will have to buy or make.  It looks like the costume sweatshop of 42nd St. may return.  We'll also be buying lots of wigs.

Jimmy and Miss Dorothy

(brother and sister)

Millie

After four hours, I am still not quite finished with the leadership chapter. It will probably require two more hours.  What a treat!  I had a surprise visit from Lee tonight.  He was cleaning and found a news article from the backpacking trip for House 1 in 1978.  It had quite a bit of new information that I'll have to inject into the history chapter.  That trip was brutal!  Nine days and 75 miles!  No wonder it almost killed me.  I guess I blocked out the details.  All I remember is bleeding feet, leeches and the death of my friend's brother in a car accident. 

The one day hike was 13 miles.  The weekend trip was 17 miles in three days and two nights.  

The third trip was a total of 45 miles over five days! We departed from the MS and walked to the Renswick property on Seymour St., very close to where we camp now.  The second day we hiked to Cassadaga Country Club.  The the third day we covered 15 miles on the way to Cockaigne.  From there, we hiked overland to the state land where we currently camp on Thursday night.  Finally, on the fifth day, we walked to the Policeman's grounds where the trip concluded.  After that trip, Lee did more research on how many miles were appropriate for a young teen to hike in a day.  It wasn't 15!