The day dawned clear. The sun was out so the group was going hiking.
HHR: Where did you decide to hike?
Joyce: We decided to do the Lost Valley hike.
Debbie: The Lost Valley was where the Macdonalds were reported to hide the cattle they had rustled from their neighbors, or perhaps, where they hid their cattle to stop them being rustled by their neighbors.
HHR: Was it raining?
Larry: No, the sun was shining but it was windy.
Debbie: Yes, hurricane gust windy. Gusts of wind that could blow me off the trail. Gusts of wind up to 35 miles per hour.
Jerry: We started off as a scramble from the parking lot down into a valley. I think the momentum and the wind forced some of the group down the hill. We were lucky that we didn’t roll down the hill like a tumbleweed.
HHR: What happened next?
Debbie: We started walking along a trail and followed a creek. We got into mud.
Joyce: Then we lost Jerry. He didn’t like the mud so went back to the parking lot to try to find a mud-less trail. I caught up to Larry and Debbie.
Debbie: The trail was hard as we kept climbing into the wind.
Larry: We kept hiking through the mud.
Joyce: We decided to abandon the walk as it continued climbing into the wind. Turns out the valley really was lost.
HHR: Did you find Jerry?
Larry: Yes, we found him on the trail with clean shoes. He said that he had found a dry trail. We think he might have been napping in the car.
HHR: Then what did you do?
Joyce: We took a drive to Glen Etive.
Debbie: Isn’t that where James Bond grew up?
Joyce: Yes, Debbie and I were looking for James Bond.
Larry: It was a one lane road with passing places. I saw Debbie squeezing the door handle hard. I don’t think she was that worried about James Bond.
Joyce: The road finally got muddy and smaller so we turned around. Debbie discovered that she had lost a glove.
Larry: We think she may have left a token for James Bond to find.
HHR: Next destination?
Joyce: We went to Glencoe Lochan.
HHR: What is that?
Debbie: Well, this guy from the Scottish Highlands married a woman from Canada and she got homesick. So he planted / transplanted a bunch of trees/bushes from Canada just for her. I am a little homesick so am wondering if Larry will plant a tree for me.
Larry: I am not doing it. I will buy you some socks like mine or maybe get you another glove.
1) How does one tell the players without numbers? Everyone is bundled up so tightly.
2) Happy Birthday to Larry. With the blue socks he appears to have begun the celebration early.
Larry does look like he started the celebration early but today is the day!