Today was the scout expo over at the high school. We all walked over and enjoyed the activities. The boys started with a rope bridge. Jack flew across, Andy, well, he got a few feet and was done. The upper ropes were a bit out of reach and the smaller support ropes did not inspire his confidence. We had fun on thr monkey bridge.
There was a fully grown Golden Eagle there with an animal rescue. We ended up at that tent 3 times. On one of those visits there was a lady with a little weiner dog on a leash. In my minds eye I could see this eagle, whose name is Scout, I could see him suddenly striking and snatching up that little dog in a flurry of confusion. It didn't happen but Scout was definitely eyeballing the pooch.
The Zip Line was a big draw and we stood in line there for awhile. Andy wrestled with the idea of doing it the entire time. Finally when we got to his turn he was determined to go. That determination got him harnassed up and we ran the line up to the top. Then came the ladder and fear kicked in. We tried to get him up there a couple of times and got him up on the platform but that was it. He wasn't having any so I carried him down. We'll give it a go next year. We didn't let it get us down, not at all, we went back to the bird tent. Jack had gone right before Andy and loved it. Natty also went but I didn't see her. She was hanging out with friends but did tell me she loved it. She did get a little shakey in the legs but got through it.
We had a great time at the expo and then went home and teamed up to clean the house. We also decided it would be nice to pack up the geo traxx collection and give it to Donovan Jack when we head up to Salt Lake next weekend. I called Laura and she was favorable. That is a big deal for Jack. I was impressed with him and how excited he was for his cousin to have his train set. At one point he got a little emotional with one of his engines and asked if he could say goodbye. He did, it was great. Nice to see them learning, growing and scouting around.
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