Goldmine Mountains Hike

Last Friday Caitlyn and I decided to go take a hike up a mountain. I use the word "mountain" very loosely. Fortunately we made it to the top where we ate cookies, drank out of water bottles and threw rocks. Anyhow Caitlyn is now already to go out and climb more mountains although I think I will be the one who chooses which ones we climb as she thinks she can climb anything.

Goldmine Moutain Hike Pictures

Our New House

Well we have been in our new house for about a little over a month now and we finally got enough stuff unpacked and put away to take a few pictures of it. Its been a huge relief to be done with the whole process and we can almost find where we put most of our stuff now.

House Pictures

Halloween 2008

This year Caitlyn was Mini Mouse for Halloween. She is really starting to get into the trick-or-treating but still doesnt know how to defend her candy from me. This probably will change next year but since we have another one on the way I should be able to take advantage of him/her for the near future. The night before we carved a pumpkin and Caitlyn loved helping clean out the inside. I figured it would be best if I carved the face especially since I bought an electric pumpkin carving machine that I needed to test out. I drew up four different designs to let her choose from. Fortunately for me she didnt choose any of the detailed ones I drew up like the "Cat" Pumpkin and insisted we do the simple "Happy" Pumpkin.

Halloween Pictures

Fall Trip To Prescott

This October we were invited to go up to our friends, Becky and Tonys cabin. It was great get up to the mountains and see the fall leaves as well as do some hiking and mountain biking. Unfortunately I only had two days off and the transmission on my car decided to flip out but it was well worth the trip.

Prescott Cabin Trip

Busy Fall

This fall we have been extremely busy. We finally moved into our new house just in time for some friends from Germany to come for a visit. Work has slowed down so it has given me some time to get a lot of things done to the house. I also managed to do a little bit of hiking and we took a couple trips to the zoo as well as to Schnepf farms for their pumkin festival.

Fall Pictures

Pennsylvania

Last week we went back east to Pennsylvania to visit with my Grandma. While we were there we kept Caitlyn busy by visiting Longwood Gardens, Strasburg Railroad, Choo Choo Barn, Ocean City, Longs Park, Dutch Wonderland, and Thomas the Train. For some reason Thomas the Train was pretty much everywhere we went. They had a Model Train Thomas at Longwood Gardens, a Thomas train at the Choo Choo Barn, a Thomas ride at Ocean City, and Thomas show at Dutch Wonderland, and then lucky for us Thomas happened to visit the Strasburg Railroad. As a result Caitlyn is now a Thomas junky.

Pennsylvania Pictures

Woods Canyon Lake Camping

This past week we went up to Woods Canyon Lake for 5 days camping. It was nice to get out of the valley heat and into the trees for some hiking, biking, and fishing. The first night we were there was the most exciting. I heard some noise outside the camper in Penny's dog dish. Naturally being in the woods with my camera I was eagerly hoping that it was a friendly bear that I could take pictures some pictures of and alter to make it look like it was eating my arm off and demolishing the camper. However it was not bear, instead it was a giant skunk! I wasn't sure how to handle the situation. I didn't want to scare it and have it spray me or the camper but I didn't want it to eat all the dog food up either (I'm not sure why this was a priority). Anyhow I tried talking to it calmly and running the water.... it didn't phase it but eventually it walked off on its own. I haven't read any books on the proper response yet but I'm pretty sure they probably all advise the same thing.... get a giant trash bag and jump on top of it before it gets a chance to spray you. Ill have my wife try this next time and post how it works.

Woods Canyon Lake Camping Pictures