Since our Maine trip, Dad and I have continued a wonderful summer of fun and family! Ben and I stayed at the Railroad Park in Dunsmuir for the Boxcar Adventure with the Elderhostel program (now named Road Scholar).
This is our ''room' on the inside - looking past Ben's bed & mine, to Ben at the door of the bathroom.
On one of our hikes, our leader emphasized that if lost, you should not wander away from where you are. Ben is a great listener!
Soon after Dad, Jeremy, Kathryn, and I helped Alisa and Justin move into this beautiful place, their new home!
Barely a week later Jeremy, Kathryn, Justin, Alisa's good friend Kristen, and Zoey watched for Alisa to run past during her triathlon in Santa Rosa.
This is Alisa running the last lap, taken after her swimming and biking events! What stamina! She was on the go for more than 7 hours!!!!
Vance took this picture of us with Alisa after her finish!
Early the next morning, Justin and Alisa posed right before Justin took off on his ultra marathon near Danville, most of which was up and down steep hills. Jeremy drove us from station to station, and we often got there barely in time to see Justin run by. (Not because Jeremy was driving slowly - the road was very twisting!)
Relaxing with our gracious hosts, Kathryn and Jeremy after the exciting weekend.
Gary gave me a lug of Gravenstein apples so Brianna and Aiden helped me dehydrate a bunch and then did a great job making their own individual pies!
Brianna and I went to the Galley in Chico for a Cooking in the Kitchen for kids. Notice those curled knuckles! She's safely cutting mushrooms for the pizza.
Aiden's letting me know how old he is on his birthday, after the kids destroyed the pinata and he donned a ray from the star.
Cris, Colby and Cassidy Harrison watch him blowing and wishing.
Back to Portland where Dad and Justin built three professional looking composting bins, a planter, and the grape arbor!
Justin didn't waste any time getting the first one going!
Brianna and Aiden helping Cris celebrate her birthday at the Outback!
Justin stopped by on his way to the Burning Man Event in Nevada and the John Dunlaps returned from Colby's game in Merced.
It was a fun and yummy dinner!
We just returned from 4 nights on Lake Shasta the day before yesterday. Dad's driving us out of the harbor to begin.
Our last night we were parked next to a submerged firepit ringed by seats!
Despite being told by fishermen when we left that there were 'no' fish in the lake, Dad caught some every day. We brought about 10 home, and I ate one or two each day (they weren't as big as this one)!
The weather was gorgeous and we had one of the best times yet.Now I am waiting for Dad to finish extracting the honey for the year so we can go visit Granny. Her surgery Tuesday went well, but Wed. night she had a rough time and since her blood count dropped so low she needed a transfusion. She also has a hairline fracture in her pelvis. She was released to Cypress Acres yesterday for a week or two, but she hopes to go home much sooner.
Hope you're having a fun Labor Day weekend. Dad's leaving tomorrow for a couple days for a tournament in Reno. I'm ready for the next posting........whose will it be? Much love to each of you!
Added after 9:00 pm: the plan is for me to pick Granny up tomorrow morning and take her to her home!
