September 15-17, I went to the Louisiana Women in the Outdoor event in Bunkie, LA. Kenneth dropped me off at Heather's apartment Friday morning and I rode with her. I prefer to drive my car, but she taught the jelly making class and had all of her equipment packed in her car so I rode this time. There were several times over the weekend I wished I had my own vehicle, but I survived. It was a great event and I made several new friends, learned new things and had a blast! I won lots of things - home décor, mugs, jelly, a dressy scarf, a Ruger .243 rifle; made some things - a walking stick, a wooden spoon, bottle cap wind chimes; and ate some really good food prepared by the husbands of some of the women putting on the event. I took six classes - archery, wood carving, kayaking, self defense, sport clay shotgunning and bottle cap art. I shared a cabin with nine other women and we survived with only two showers, two toilets and three sinks! We played silly games and bingo Friday night and had raffle drawings, a photo booth and a really good band Saturday night and Heather and I stopped an old college eatery she used to frequent when she went to Northwestern in Natchitoches on the way home. What a fun weekend I had!!
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| Got there early enough to get the bottom bunk, thank goodness!! |
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| Liz with our cabin mascot! |
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| My crazy bunkmates who dressed up in the Wild West theme for the weekend. Heather and I are not ones to dress up...:/ |
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| Our archery instructors |
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| Look at that form...!! I've only shot a compound bow once before and I shot better this time. |
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| I was actually hitting the target!!!! |
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| Wendy is a new friend - she was a travel nurse in 2000 and is going to school now to be a PA. |
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| Heather removing her arrows from the target. |
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| Crazy games |
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| This is David. He taught the wood carving class. I spent a LOT of time at this table because in between classes, after meals - any free time I had - I sat here and worked with the wood and found that I loved it! |
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| Starting on my walking stick |
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| This is me with Evelyn and David. Evelyn took the class last year and bought herself a set of tools. I really enjoyed spending time with these two. |
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| The food was all so good and the company was very enjoyable. |
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| Suzette, our kayaking instructor. Such a sweet, sweet lady - enjoyed her a lot! |
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| And what fun we had on the water! First time for me to kayak (no photo evidence of me, tho) and I loved it! |
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| Took a few trips across the pond and back to get the hang of it, but it was great. |
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| Our whole class taken after we learned some sweet self defense moves! I worked with the couple next to me and they were great! |
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| Cypress City band - they played some really good music. |
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| Bridgette, Suzette, Wendye, me and Evelyn - we all liked the wood working! |
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| Crazy girl... |
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| The end to a fun, fun trip! Thanks for inviting me, Heather! |
