We’ve been having so much fun I haven’t found a moment to write/post... So here we go, catching up with the rest of May. Of course there was Mother’s Day which we spent with our daughter Kristine and son-in-law Richard, which included a great brunch and time relaxing around their pool. And later Kristine celebrated her 49th!!! Two of our good friends spent time in the hospital for various operations and we are happy to report both Barbara and Carmen are doing well.
There were even more special events for the month. Cassie (stage name KASS) our almost 19 year old granddaughter released her first CD May 16th on i-tunes.. We attended the concert on May 17th as she sang “Step”, which was written specifically for her by Liz Hill, plus 4 other songs. You can listen on the i-tunes store by searching on KASS. Just click on the album cover and then the arrow to the left to hear a short segment. In case you need help interpreting this “pop lingo" (like I did) let me know and I'll send you the lyrics!!!
And just as exciting, granddaughter Megan’s fiancé, Marine Lcrpl Jaron Jones, safely returned from a 9-month tour of duty in Afghanistan. Megan greeted him upon his arrival, in North Carolina, where they will stay until she returns to Hawaii Pacific University for her 3rd year of nursing school and Jaron continues with his Marine Corps duties and assignments.
Don is up to 1760 geocaches and Nancy managed managed a couple of hikes also. A 5.5 mile out and back near Lake Valley Reservoir with an elevation of 5500-6800' created a little heavy huffing and puffing as we started steeply up right out of the car!!! We enjoyed many sightings of snow flowers and other wildflowers along the trip. The week before, our hike to University Falls, (near Georgetown) with an elevation of 4086’ down to 3651' was a pretty easy 6 miler, except for one rocky steep climb out of the gorge.
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| Cassie 18, Kenny 9, Kristine 49, Everett 23 |
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| Richard 48 Nancy pushing 74 hard... |
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Our gift to Cassie a custom made
Mosaic mirror created by my friend
Lori Verschoor |
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| Toby doesn't like the water |
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especially when Pale' sneaks around the back
side. But Kenny steadies the "boat". |
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| Kass singing... |
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| Jaron and Megan (both almost 20) |
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| A BIGGGGG long overdue HUG |
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| Ione, Audrey, Marilyn, Margie & Connie |
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| Plainleaf Fawn Lily |
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| Snow flower |
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| 6 Snow Flowers among the rocks |
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Don't know what it is - looks like
Paintbrush, but not... |
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Very tiny about 1.5 inch in diameter...no
don't know what it is either - do you? |
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Lunch spot...looking North towards Mt Lassen
which we could actually see off in the distance. |
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Dianthus (Pinks) come in lots of colors...
today on the way to University Falls they
were Orange-Red |
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Very dry this year at 50% of normal rainfall...
The falls drop 70' just ahead, but no safe way
for us old ladies to get there... however Bob (68) did. |
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| A tough climb up for about 1/2 mile. . |
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