October 8, 2009 – Things She Wants Me to See

Yesterday, Oct. 7th, after we revisited Elakala Falls, I asked Carol to take a look at the lodge interior to see if there was anything interesting. In the meantime, the chick magnet (Spice) and I would wait patiently on the front lawn. There was a tour bus in the parking lot and sure enough, a couple of septuagenarian hotties dropped by to pet spice.

Carol soon returned to break up the fun. She had four things she wanted me to see in the lodge, so I put the dog back in the truck and joined her inside. The first thing to see was back near the conference room. Just off the side of the entrance were several harps: several small ones and one the size of Christy’s big harp. As we were looking/photographing the harps, one of the employees asked if we were part of the group. We explained that we were not, that our daughter plays harp and that I had built a couple of harps. With that, she asked if we wanted to meet John, the harpist. Before we could really refuse, one of the others had already gone to fetch him, saying it would be no problem. John was very personable and interesting to speak with. He had built the small harps, but the large one was from Venezuela and had the distinctive South American sound. We thanked John for speaking with us and moved on to Carol’s second thing to see.

The gift shop had a wind chime that she liked. As luck would have it, neither of us had any money or plastic on us. But, we could come back later. We were on to the third show and tell.

At dining room, she showed me the menu posting with a “Baked Apple Pancake”. We should come back tomorrow for breakfast. I agreed, and then, we could buy the wind chime. With that decision made, we were off to the patio.

The patio was the final thing that Carol wanted me to see. It overlooks the gorge; not that you can see it for all of the foliage. She flipped a couple of chairs upright and we sat down to watch the show. The ridge downriver on the other side of the gorge is in full fall display. We sat and watched the shadow of the clouds race through the trees. Carol snapped some more shots and we just watch nature’s magnificent display.