Brian Allen’s Place » Outings http://blog.brianallen.com Just another WordPress site Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:55:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Pajamas and Pancakes http://blog.brianallen.com/2012/01/20/pajamas-and-pancakes/ http://blog.brianallen.com/2012/01/20/pajamas-and-pancakes/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:33:43 +0000 Brian Allen http://blog.brianallen.com/?p=3347 Katie Beth’s school, Asbury School, is having a Pajamas and Pancakes day. All the children get to wear pajamas to school and they are having pancakes for lunch.

Katie Beth is very excited about the day and has been looking forward to it.

The picture is of her as she arrived for school this morning in pajamas and with the milk for the class lunch.

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If you are looking for some fun, the Huntsville Hockey Club plays Tuesday at 7 PM in the VBCC area. There is free parking in the south parking garage and just enter in the lower south entrance of the arena.

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We are having a great time with Jay and Ann Kissel tasting all these beers. Katie Beth is having a blast, too.

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But, I dropped Karen’s camera on the concrete. Bummer!

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We have hiked a little, cooked a little, and relaxed a lot. We could be coming here again real soon.

]]> http://blog.brianallen.com/2011/11/26/3292/feed/ 0 Hiking Meigs Creek Trail http://blog.brianallen.com/2011/11/25/hiking-meigs-creek-trail/ http://blog.brianallen.com/2011/11/25/hiking-meigs-creek-trail/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:09:30 +0000 Brian Allen http://blog.brianallen.com/?p=3284 Our morning started out at around 33°F as we loaded up into the car. We headed into the Great Smoky Mountains in search of a good hike. We decided on the hikes near The Sinks.

The Meigs Creek Trail is a very nice hike with a very smooth trail and some nice views. The lack of leafs allowed us to see even more nice views. The trail is also very nice because you start at one creek and walk to another creek so you get to hear the rushing water.

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Allison Tofflemire and the Riggle’s Family (Elizabeth, Bob, Matthew, and Michael) joined us for the walk.

Katie Beth had fun visiting Santa Claus.

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The weather is nice and sunny with cool temps.

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There are a lot of family fun activities going on here.

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We started with a pancake breakfast and then off to explore.

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The weather is just wonderful.

Katie Beth is enjoying running into her mother on the bumper cars.

Next up, Home Depot Workshop craft area.

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The weather is very nice with a breeze and a lot of sunshine.

We managed to stay dry, too.

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There are kinds of green related companies present here today.

We saw Molly from Earth Fare, too. She had been worried about us since she hadn’t seen us since April.

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Katie Beth is sitting in with the band.

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The Den is having a blast. The beers going for $2 isn’t hurting either.

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We found this turtle and a shell from a dead turtle, too.

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We went to the Back-to-School Bash at the pool. We played games. We ate junk food.

We had a great time.

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We could be getting free ball tonight with the score bring zero-zero in the top of the seventh.

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He gave Katie Beth a baseball at the start of the game.

And then, Andy Machado gave Katie Beth a bat. What a guy!

We have a Andy Machado baseball card so now we have to get Andy to sign all of them for us.

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Story time and then inside to play at Little Gym.

Katie Beth is having a blast.

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Next up, the custume parada around the children’s garden.

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Beside getting see all of our baseball friends, Katie Beth got to visit with Chuckie between games. She had Chuckie sign one of her baseballs. Chuckie lend over and gave Katie Beth a big hug. Chuckie asked where she had been for so long, because he had missed hearing her in the crowd. (Katie Beth loves to shouting “Go Chuckie” when Chuckie comes up to bat.) Chuckie asked Katie Beth when she is going to throw out another first pitch.

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Katie Beth has been playing tag with the other children. It reminds me of playing kick the can as a child.

The weather is prefect.

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But, it all ended with the police ordering a forced evacuation of the area due a forest fire. And, the car wouldn’t start so a park range drove us to the Golden Bee.

Over head, we have seen fire retardant planes flying.

Our Hertz agents don’t know how to get us another rental car without getting their car back. We explained where their car was and they are still wondering what to do.

Well, we continue relax at the Golden Bee. Some of us are really relaxing.


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The 4th of July weekend music here in the park is very nice.

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Uncle Wilber Fountain is a dancing water fountain named after a man that gave music to the children of Colorado Springs.

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The scenery was just wonderful. The temperature was hot in the beginning, but the temperature cooled off nicely.

This was Katie Beth’s first time to Barr Camp. She said it was a lot of fun. Carrying Katie Beth turned into a experience to say the still.


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