Ethan:
I’ve been taking over our journal with most
of the news lately; so I’m going to leave this one to Ehlana; and do some video
gaming with Aiden now before we’re ready to sleep tonight – not that we’re
afraid to sleep after a day of visiting ghost towns and hearing all of those
ghost stories! ;^)
Ethan – out!
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Ehlana:
We really aren’t scared from our adventures
today, and I don’t want to jinx us by commenting on the real concerns we do
have thanks to Gwyneth Hathorne and her attack on Cassie and Michael; so I won’t
go there.
As always, spending time together is the
best part of our vacation; and we had a blast today. We started our day with Tai Chi and
breakfast; and then hopped into the van and car for the trip to Grass Valley. Our nearest town neighbor for the week isn’t
exactly a ghost town, but does have a lot of history and ghost stories. We took in the sights, did a bit of shopping;
and then headed on to our next stop of the day – Rough and Ready. That was a shorter, but entertaining stop
because the little settlement seceded from the United States only to rejoin
after realizing that they no longer had reason to celebrate the Fourth of July
as an independent country.
Why let a little thing like sovereignty get
in the way of a party? ;^)
French Corral was next on the tour. It’s really just a mining camp instead of a
town, but a good place to visit to learn about the history of the gold mining
history of the area; and then we moved on to Nevada City for the rest of the
day. We had lunch; went on a tour of the
town; and visited the landmarks like the National Hotel. Not a single ghost was to be found anywhere,
but Ethan and Aiden offered to help out with that to have some fun with the
other tourists; and Mom wouldn’t let them do that – even after Dad and Michael
offered their support for the rare opportunity for Magi-powered fun that they
could get away around a public actually hoping to see something extraordinary! We eventually wrapped up our adventures with
dinner in Nevada City; got back to the chalet in time for an evening swim; and
then moved into the chalet to have the only movie night on our schedule for the
week.
It has been a busy day, but we’re also
adjusting to the time change, so while we headed for bed at a bit after eleven;
Naomi and I are still going to stay awake for a while; watch YouTube music
videos; and chat until we are ready to sleep.
I won’t comment on why the two married couples in the house might not be
sleeping anytime soon either; though I can add that Naomi would be just as
happy to spend the night cuddling with Ethan as she is with hanging out with me
while we talk about our day and plans for the rest of the week.
That’s all I have for tonight, so I’ll wrap
this up and continue the best friends’ chat time entertainment until we’re
wound down enough to sleep. I am wound
up still too; so that might take a while.
Stay tuned – we still have a day dedicated to gold country history and
another for white-water rafting coming up next; so the adventures are sure to
get even better as we go along!
This is Ehlana Proctor; coming to you live
from what is now my past!
