{"id":56350,"date":"2018-05-28T23:11:54","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T03:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=56350"},"modified":"2018-05-28T23:11:54","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T03:11:54","slug":"monday-night-sam-at-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2018\/05\/28\/monday-night-sam-at-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday night &#8211; Sam at 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sam would have been 26 years old today. Hard to believe. I felt him all day.. .. many days I do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I really, really missed him today though.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3950-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>We marked his birthday a little differently today.. we decided to do something smaller this year. We&#8217;d just had a gathering for Gabe&#8217;s graduation.<\/p>\n<p>We we&#8217;re looking for something a little we decided to hike as always.. but have our gathering at the top of the mountain instead of here at the house. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We had a nice small group of folks meet us .. even though it was memorial day. we had a greta collection of doggies as well . (ours didn&#8217;t go.. it&#8217;s a little much for Chai at this point)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>it was warm and still..&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3836-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3838-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3839-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3846-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3850-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we actually found some residual snow on the trail !<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3855-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3858-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and lots and lots of mud !&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3861-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>we set up a nice spread up top. .it was fun eating up there !<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3864-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3867-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3870-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>diane made amazon cupcakes.. yum !<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3871-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3874-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>brads new improved ink&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3878-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3877-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>here&#8217;s our group&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3886-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>and a toast for Sam !<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3888-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3891-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3895-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gabe and I climbed up the rickety fire tower to set off a mortor as always&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3899-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3900-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3901-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>it was crazy settig this off here.. any sudden movement set the tower to swayign crazily !<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3903-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>It was realllllly loud !<\/p>\n<p>looking back towards camels hump&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3911-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>here&#8217;s the condition of the ladders. look how beat they are !&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3912-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3913-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3914-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3916-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3915-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>then down to the lift.. Andy&#8217;s daughter Maria met us there .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3920-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3923-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3926-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3928-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3931-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3934-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>on the way down we ran into these guys who&#8217;d gotten their jeep really stuck We saw them drive out an hour later !<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3937-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3939-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>back in the car, away from the bugs.. .. lookign at sams pendant&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3941-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3943-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>same as the one I wear all the time .. it spells Sam in Mayan .&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/IMG_3946-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OK my son.. another year past.. and our love for you stays strong. We miss you Sam and love you veyr much !<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>nite all, nite sam<\/p>\n<p>-me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam would have been 26 years old today. Hard to believe. I felt him all day.. .. many days I do.&nbsp; I really, really missed him today though.&nbsp; We marked his birthday a little differently today.. we decided to do something smaller this year. We&#8217;d just had a gathering for Gabe&#8217;s graduation. 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