Hello GA'ers  Or would that be GA'yers  I like GA'ers better  

So thank the unusual weather here in my neck of the woods. I got woken up by a thunderstorm and have kind of been watching the lighting storm lighting up the bedroom. Whilst doing so, I said to myself, 'Self, did you do the Wrap Up last night before bed?' I knew I had not, so here I am at 3:15 AM wrapping things up  

I was out to a smaller town called Golden, BC the past few days. Took two my my nephews to the highest suspension bridge in North America and actually made it across. Then ziplined back across the canyon and took the lower suspension bridge to do the mountain coaster. You regulate your speed, I left the brakes off and loved it!! I thought of @TalonRider as I was going down . The boys enjoyed the adventure park which was them way up in the trees doing different obstacles on 4 different courses that I could never attempt . We skipped the axe throwing as we were all too tired at that time. 

Now if you had a park like that, don't you think you'd be filling your machines with the $5 bottles of water and other beverages other than pop on a ridiculously hot day? Nope, everything sold out but pop . Water, Gatorade, Iced Tea and pop was all the same price. 

Next day we went white water rafting down the Kicking Horse river! It was a great trip and everyone had a blast!!! There was like 11 rafts in our group and it was nuts going down the river doing class 2, 3 and 4 rapids. It is 5 km (3 miles) where you drop a total of 137 meters (450 feet) in about 1.5 hours. Luckily nobody fell out of their boats or flipped their rafts, but everyone definitely got wet .

Now if you ever been to B.C. (British Columbia) it does have its unofficial nickname, Bring Cash  I had to save all the pop bottles from the kids to help pay for some of this trip .  But the boys had a blast and I guess they have told just about everyone they know. Took the 16 and 13 y/o nephews. The 18 y/o decided to go to Indianapolis for World Drum and Brass championships I guess. So I will have to make it up to him when he gets back. At least I know when I take him out to a fancier restaurant, he will probably eat all that he ordered, unlike his younger brothers .

How about you all? Any exciting vacation days taken? This was unplanned but I knew I couldn't go camping this year. Did you get away 1 day to do something wild and crazy? if not, just do it  

Side note: Do you think I should have told a certain author beforehand that I was going to do what some may consider life threatening activities, so she knows that I might not finish looking over her chapters before she posts? I didn't see it as a problem  

Well let's get onto the wrap up before I see the sun  

Monday, Cia had a great interview to finish up the past months CSR Feature's author. Give it a read, it was really great!!

Myr went all spooky on us when he did the Deep Dive into the Horror Genre:

We kind of had a malfunction at the junction for the rest of the week  Cia wrote a blog, just never got formatted as a blog  I only have one thing to do per week on the GA schedule here, I would hate to think all the mistakes I would personally make if I had to do what she does daily and weekly 😮. The blog did get up on Friday though. If you read any of the Secret Author stories, make sure you check this one out:

 

 

Now here is the Words of the Day as provided by Myr:

proliferate, vellichor, yaffle, zenith, apathetic, cosmology, cryptid

And since I'm so late... here is today's word too :

heliotropism

 

 

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5 Recently Updated 'Signature Author' Stories

1. Learned to Lie by Krista
2. The Freshmen by Mark Arbour
3. Beyond Salvation by Mark Ponyboy Peters
4. Peace of Amiens by Mark Arbour
5. tim's Bits and Pieces by Mikiesboy

7 Recently Updated 'Classic Author' Stories

1. Carter's Breach by Topher Lydon
2. The Watchers by Topher Lydon
3. Swing for the Fences by LittleBuddhaTW
4. A Summer in Iowa by Altimexis
5. Secrets 3: The Road to the Future by Bill W
6. The Lion's Pride by Topher Lydon **Complete**

50 Recently Updated 'Author' Stories

1. Fates Mates & Pirates by P. E. Knapp
2. Solving Word Crimes by Inkognito **Complete**
3. The Clinton Boys Head South by Lee Wilson
4. A Class Reunion by Tomkin Watts **Complete**
5. Arcum Nights by mastershakeme
6. My Best Friend’s Brother Dylan Was Supposed to Be Straight by StoriesByTroy
7. Life's Ticklish Situations by Ticklishboy30
8. Misaligned by Laura S. Fox
9. Egypt by CLJobe
10. LEGALLY BOUND by vanalas
11. In My Mind by ChromedOutCortex
12. Traded Goods by Yeoldebard
13. The Merge: Through a System of Control by astroguy
14. Sapphire in the Stars by JujuTheDruid
15. Light Bringer: Fireborn by Jack Poignet
16. Frat Games: The House Plaything by StoriesByTroy
17. It’s D’reg, Sweetheart, not Drag! by Rafy **Complete**
18. Adventures Of Joy City's Heroes: Book 1 by Ticklishboy30
19. The Brotherhood: Awakening Book II by The Writer X
20. Peter's Story by Connectwriter
21. Reverent: Six by Tony S.
22. As They Say - (Revised) by D.K. Daniels
23. Serenity by Albert1434
24. All Lost Things by Josh Aterovis
25. Blood Money by Yeoldebard
26. Family life, but not as we know it by Robert Hugill
27. Love is... (Marcus and Justus) by Tony S.
28. Do You Ship Us? by Littlelovestories
29. The Neighbor Across the Window by StoriesByTroy
30. Liar vs. Liar by Laura S. Fox
31. The Kiss That Waited by Rafy **Complete**
32. What the Ship Remembers by andy cannon
33. Neighbour's Riddle by Thomas Lindblad
34. Cursed by Gary L **Complete**
35. Just a Tuesday by Celian
36. Only What the Moon Sees by thedelfinoplaza
37. Shadows of Consequence by mcarss
38. Surrounded by the Darkness by Lupus
39. Everything Meant Nothing by StoriesByTroy
40. A Silver Tongue is a Double-edged Sword by Absolute Debauchery
41. Lines of Attraction by Tony S.
42. Not just another Summer by Robert Hugill
43. Three Texas Swimmers by KKirk **Complete**
44. The Flower Thief and Other Tales of Yalda by Page Scrawler
45. The Straight Boys Took Me On Vacation by BrokenBoundariesGayErotica
46. The Second Circlet: The Old Places by MrM **Complete**
47. Wolf in the City by Laura S. Fox
48. Grit by Inkognito
49. Finding Home: Hood & Holy Water, Bk 2 by JJQuinn
50. The World of the Legend of the Red Star by Lupus

1 Recently Updated 'Poet' Stories

1. Marvin B Erotic Poetry Collection by Marvin B

 

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Now back to bed!!