Hiking and geocaching in Round Valley

We’ve been hiking with Chase (he is home-schooled) after he finishes his schoolwork. This gives his older siblings a quieter house in which to complete their studies. Today we went to Round Valley and I loaded up the GPSr with a bunch of geocaches to add some variety to our hiking. We completed the series […]

Delayed present

As part of her Christmas present we gave Audrey a choice of someplace special to visit. She chose visiting the Jelly Belly factory. We finally took her and her siblings to Jelly Belly, along with an ice cream treat at Fenton’s. They all enjoyed the treats and seeing how jelly beans are made. Cortnie liked […]

The dog made me do it

For several years I have set loose goals for annual hiking and biking mileage. I’m not obsessed with these goals, but I get some satisfaction from achieving them. For a couple of years now I have wanted to hike 300 miles and bike 1,000 miles (the years of over 5,000 miles biking are long gone).

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