Summer shenanigans
I have had a little trouble keeping up with posts this summer, haven’t I!? Well…maybe it’s the 12 cubic yards of gravel Richard and I have shoveled, or the 16 cubic yards of top soil, or the wood we’ve stacked, the ground I’ve cleared with my machete (trails and a campsite on the property), plants planted, moss cleared (that’s mom’s painstaking contribution, although she managed to find an excuse to break out the saws-all yesterday for some roots!). We have had a wonderful time working very hard to landscape and contain the overgrowth on 3 of 4 quadrants around the house. We’ve also found some time for fun, even though we were pushing the ibuprofen every night 🙂 Here are a few pictures…and I’m in the process of loading more into the album. In my spare time…ha!
Sam in flag football camp! He had a great time last week.
A day trip to Mt. Rainier turned into a gorgeous outing. Overcast skies gave way to this amazing view of the mountain topped by a lenticular cloud (which means rain in 24 hours on the mountain). Richard drove us all over there and back in his "big black truck", much to the boys' delight. We had a great time, topped off by dinner at a cute family-friendly place called Bruno's. How could we NOT stop there - do you remember Ben's plastic dump truck which he pushed around the dunes and sands of Kailua at break-neck speed? He still does that! Oh, and the wild flowers were in peak bloom. Breathtaking, really. I want to be a mountain goat and live there, grazing in the fields.
After eyeing "ferndale" on our property for a year as a possible tent cabin location, I hacked out a campsite with my machete on Saturday so I could camp out with the boys to unplug a bit. We had such a good time. It feels really remote out there, and we enjoyed watching stars come up through our tent's skylight (we didn't use a rain fly as no rain has fallen in 29 days here!). I even saw the big dipper straight up through the tent screen when coyotes and owls woke me up in the middle of the night. It was so neat. The smell of SPAM grilled the night before made it really feel like old times out camping with them.
The view through the skylight up through the trees. Hawaii-style clouds!
Really great stuff you guys are into – sounds familar to clearing and camping out in Boonton Twp and of course the many other places of camping out, even under the stars too. Love to all,