We had company for five days and had a great time. Saturday we went south to the Shawnee National Forest and looked around at Garden of the Gods. The weather was good and there was a crowd there, but they were all pleasant, and we did not fall off of any of the rocks. We stop way back from edges nowadays, and the sandstone rocks there are all rounded, and ready to deceive you into slipping over the cliff. We not only saw the camel, we met a very nice Belgian Shepherd named Mattox. Belgians are cousins to Schipperkes, with both originating from the Belgian Leauvenaar, a breed that is now extinct. Belgians have even more energy than a Schip and must work to be happy.
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I remember climbing around at Garden of the Gods just before they started requiring a special climber's license(for just a reasonable fee, I'm sure). Seems some young people were climbing to the top of certain rocks and throwing parties. Some of the drunks then fell off the side, so they decided make this new requirement. Hope they dropped that particular nonsense. Anyway, while climbing with the kids I hear a voice from someone about me asking "Are you a climber?" I suspect he was referring to the officially approved status. I resisted the temptation to say I was swimming.
It was a wonderful trip and I had a lovely time. The Garden of the Gods was awe-inspiring; it is amazing to see what, given enough time, nature can produce. Getting that close to Mattox was a treat too!
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