We took our berry baskets and went out to the patch this morning. It’s early in the season yet and it took about a half acre to get this many, but it’s a pies worth with, maybe, a milkshake on the side! 😛

The redwoods are still an awe inspiring sight, even after all the times I’ve seen them. The kids were flabberghasted and delighted! We hiked trails and had a great time finding ever bigger ones! They bought burls to take home and grow their own giant Redwood tree in Georgia. I wonder how long that will take! 😉
And then we went to Blue Lake to the Hardwood store and bought some lovely exotic woods to make looms of! Watch for the results of this excursion!

Mac has just spotted his first hermit crab! They found anemones, snails, shelled critters of all kinds, little fish and big crabs, all sorts of fancy sea-weed, but no starfish this time.

The East coaster’s first dip in the Pacific ocean. They loved playing in the surf. It’s a lot differernt from the beaches of Florida where they have played before! lol Cold, cold cold, but it didn’t deter them! :laugh:

Here they are with Mt. Shasta in the background. I wish I could show you “life-sized! The whole 360 degree view is incredable. You get a great view of the lake from here, too.

Maybe not quite on top. 6956 foot above sea level, which is not bad. The view is wonderful The whole of Trinity Alps to the west and volcanic Mt. Shasta looming to the east. Lynn has been look out for many years. I used to be her relief looong time ago. We had a nice visit. They are all looking at Grumpa, who wouldn’t get in the picture!
We had lunch at Scorpion Lake and “swam” in Scorpion Creek with the water snake. Karen scared up a doe and fawn and there was a grouse hen with one nearly grown chick in the road. That’s all the wildlife we saw other than a few squirrels. Chris did collect some bear hair from the splintery bridge railing which he rolled into “string”… what he calls yarn making! :laugh: His bear string was about 6” long. We didn’t get the potato salad made so we’re having soup with our hot-dogs, but at least we’re partly Traditional! lol Hope your weekend Sparkled!

Chris has turned out to have a knack for more than just weaving. His bedroom window is lined with paper cups with seedling trees of just about every variety we have in the yard! 😀 His sweet potato is the champion, tho. He planted it in a shallow dish but it seems to be thriving. Here he is sunning his plant and having breakfast. The dirt pile is still the favorite play place. Randy hauled that in about 4 years ago to build flower beds (which are still only half done! :P) and it was a favorite of Justin’s, too.

Chris isn’t quite as green as this photo shows (my flash didn’t go off when it should have) but he did paint on his “house” today! 🙄 We went to the top of Parks Creek Road this afternoon and got caught in a thunder storm and got hailed on. We didn’t bring a tarp or blanket, just had a couple of swimming towels for the guys in the back of the pick-up! But we out-ran the storm and went swimming. When we got home we had looms to finish so had a late dinner of chili and hotdogs and finished it off with ice cream. But not on the living room furniture! 😀