Tuesday night I spent an evening with the Royal family.  Doesn't that sound exciting?  Actually, they are a family with the last name of Royal and they are probably a lot more fun and interesting than any actual royalty you might meet -- and a whole lot more talented too, as you can see from this photo of the oldest daughter enjoying their wonderful high swing.



After a minute or so of swinging back and forth she managed to get the swing incredibly far off the ground and completely horizontal as you can see below.  It took a few tries to actually capture this shot because she was going amazingly fast just to keep herself on the swing.  By the way, it helps to be barefoot so you can really grip the wooden swing seat.



Looks easy doesn't it?  Well, I can tell you that it is not.  For one thing there is this thing called gravity fighting you all the way (though it may not look like it in the photo).  It actually takes a lot of  strength and agility to do this.

It was a lovely evening on the water, with perfect weather, a tasty desert, and good fellowship.  Finally, we all said goodbye for the last time since the whole family is moving back to Montana.  I'm very glad that I happened to get to know them during the short time they spent in Washington.  Someday maybe I'll visit Montana and pay them a visit in their new home.



If there is anyone still reading this blog after such a long hiatus, leave a comment.  The Royals encouraged me to keep it going, so I decided to give it a shot.  Let me know if there is anything in particular that you like seeing here.  I was thinking of going to mostly a photo-only blog, with little text because I find that most people don't read the words anyway and it takes a lot of work to figure out what to write.  But then no one will have a clue why I am posting the photos up here, so I don't know.  Any ideas are welcome.