Katya's trip to the redwoods as a 9 yr. old

Katya turned nine on Wednesday August 4. We celebrated with a special birthday dinner, mac'n cheese, present opening, and a custom made ice cream pie. I was a nice little family party. Since Katya loves the beach so much, Friday morning we headed for the Arcata coast.

We began our coastal adventures at Patrick's Point State Park. We walked part of the coastal trail, hiked out to Wedding Rock, up Lookout Rock, snacked on huckleberries, and then spent the afternoon at Agate Beach. Although none of are/were certain what an agate actually looks like, we filled our pockets with beautiful rocks. As you can see in most of the photos, the weather was a welcome change from the valley.

We are at Trillium Fall at Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. One of the highlights of our trip is pictured below; fern canyon was incredible. A small stream meandering through a canyon whose walls are carpeted in ferns of all types.

We spotted this bull elk resting when we were finishing the Fern Canyon trail.

We enjoyed a brief bike ride this weekend and Katya did great climbing a hill that was steep for her.

Another great aspect of the trip was the ample beach combing time we allowed. The picture below is at Clam Beach; we were looking for intact sand dollars, but found none.


This trip was a wonderful way to wrap up our summer. Thanks Dr. Adventure!

Dr's in Training

Alert! Dr. Adventure M.D. and Dr. Fischer Ph.D. are training to ride the Foxy's Fall Century on Saturday October 16. Stay tuned....

http://www.davisbikeclub.org/annual_events/organized_rides/foxys_fall_century

Kurt's Excellent Adventures in Chico

Kurt came to stay with us in Chico from July 29 through August 3. We had many adventures. Everyday we visited Pollywog Creek (Little Chico Creek), fed Ginger the horse after breakfast, read a Star Wars book, and played.

Our last day on the creek, Kurt saw a crawdad, many fish, gigantic (really!!) spiders, caught pollywogs, and went tubing.

Nice sugary breakfast for Kurt and Katya. The experts reported that these were the all time best cinnamon rolls.

Kurt and Katya visiting with and feeding Ginger carrots.

Hence the name pollywog creek.

Building sand castles.

On Saturday, Scott, Jamie, the girls, Grandma, and Grandpa came down the hill from Paradise to celebrate the July birthdays (Ross, Scott, Phil).

After lunch and ice cream pie, we pulled out the water willy. Izze did NOT like the water. But as you can see, Kurt, Scott, and Michaela had a great time. Mickey liked to squirt everyone and she has accurate aim! At one point, Scott was jumping over Kurt (see above); no major injuries were sustained.

Sunday, Kurt and I went to Paradise in the morning to visit and play. Kurt and Izze rode down the drive way in their wagon. Then they climbed into the back of my truck to play with cam-straps.




After Kurt and I came back to Chico, we had lunch and caught a great magic show. Kurt was called upon twice to participate in the act. Before I dropped Kurt off at school on Tuesday, we made plans to ski together this winter and for me to bring him up to Chico on a weekend we have Katya.