Bon Echo

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I was going through my photo archives and found this. I can't believe I haven't posted it by now! We were camping at Bon Echo, and our canoe was too close to the cliff side. As I was taking pictures of some starlings, above us some rock climbers were beginning their decent. They must have knocked something loose because all of a sudden, an enormous wedge of stone fell from the top of the cliff! It would have hit us, smashing our canoe to bits and killing Dad and I instantly, Thankfully Dad caught it in time and saved the day! I managed to snap this picture just before he threw the rock at the pterodactyl that was about to prey upon the baby starlings. And then we all had pie.



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