{"id":626736,"date":"2008-12-01T20:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T20:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/0319df9.netsolhost.com\/blog\/?p=626736"},"modified":"2008-12-01T20:41:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-01T20:41:00","slug":"smith-rock-a-walk-with-daddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.preparationeducation.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/smith-rock-a-walk-with-daddy\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith Rock&#8211;a walk with Daddy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our vacation was enjoyable and refreshing. In fact, a couple of days ago I was introducing myself to a lady who knew one of my siblings and as I chatted with her, she asked me if I had started a family yet. I told her that we have three children and introduced them to her. She said, &quot;Oh! You&#8217;re so young!&quot; I decided my vacation must have done a lot of good, if I look too young to have started a family! I&#8217;m not going to ask anybody else for their opinions. Thank you very much!<\/p>\n<p>I want to share a few of the things we got to do while we were gone. (Besides doing math in the car.) We went to walk at a really neat place called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonstateparks.org\/park_51.php\">Smith Rock<\/a>. It is located in Central Oregon and is a favorite attraction for rock climbers. Actually, it&#8217;s considered the birthplace of modern American sport climbing.&nbsp; It has climbing faces for every expertise and has miles of trails that wind around it. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregon.com\/rivers\/crooked.cfm\">Crooked River<\/a> runs around the bottom of it. We&#8217;re not much of rock climbers, but we like to take walks in nice places and this definitely qualified.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/prayingmother\/3100980737\/\" title=\"Smith Rock by prayingmother, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3055\/3100980737_429dc7bb86.jpg\" alt=\"Smith Rock\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>G&#8217;tums fell asleep right when we got there, so I stayed in the car. So it turned into a nice time for Daddy and the two big kids to spend together. <\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a title=\"Zippy &amp; JDBoy at Smith Rock by prayingmother, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/prayingmother\/3100980853\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Zippy &amp; JDBoy at Smith Rock\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3148\/3100980853_1247a26287.jpg\" \/><\/a>  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>They hiked for quite awhile and got a nice view of this massive rock. They got to climb in a little cave. <\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a title=\"Cave at Smith Rock by prayingmother, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/prayingmother\/3100980807\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Cave at Smith Rock\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3270\/3100980807_3b5567218d_o.jpg\" \/><\/a> \n<\/div>\n<p>\nWhy is it that hiking somewhere far from home is so much more fun than at home? It always is. Someday maybe we&#8217;ll learn how to be rock-climbers and go back! At least, that&#8217;s what JD Boy hopes.\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a title=\"JDBoy at Smith Rock by prayingmother, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/prayingmother\/3101817218\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"JDBoy at Smith Rock\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3223\/3101817218_7acce084ed_o.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our vacation was enjoyable and refreshing. In fact, a couple of days ago I was introducing myself to a lady who knew one of my siblings and as I chatted with her, she asked me if I had started a family yet. I told her that we have three children and introduced them to her. 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