you can't go home!

Yesterday Jeni and I decided to head out to Silverwood lake for a

little hiking and picnicking.Jeni was excited about trying out the knee.We were also hoping we would see some of the people we worked with here when we volunteered back in 07.It was a beautiful day in the mid 80s and breezy.The lake sits at about 3300ft. elevation in the San Bernandino mountains.When we arrived we checked out our old "camphost site".Thinking no one would be in it."Maybe they might need us back"we thought but the site had a camphost in it.Oh well were not needed.We will just be visitors today.Also,every park worker we saw,we didn't know.What,did everybody quit when we left in 07!I guess it's true"you can't go home!

We hiked for about 30 minutes in the "black Oak"area of the park along the ridge that overlooks part of the lake.We usually hike an hour out and an hour back but jeni is just getting back to hiking after knee surgery so we take it slow for now.Thats us in the picture after the "Grueling"25 minute hike!Were only smiling because we just ate lunch(subway subs)!

After the hike we moved down to Cleghorn day use area.This is the quiet part of the lake where the Kayaks and float tube's hang out.Also there is a lot of birds in the area.I always bring my binoculars to view them.We found a shady spot to relax,Jeni

read her book and I tried looking for birds.It was very breezy so there weren't many birds around,so I cast my binoculars toward the beach to make sure none of those "pesky" birds weren't bothering the" bikini clad "sun bathers! We took another little hike around the picnic area just to loosen up for the drive home.

As the sun dipped below the mountain tops,we headed out, but on the way, we stopped for" McDonald's" ice cream.Yummy!

It was great to get out to explore and enjoy the outdoors again.Jeni and I promised ourselves we would get back to doing more of it.

This morning Jeni headed out to her Physical Therapy and I talked to my Daughter Katie.We have been enjoying our little chats lately as we just tell each other whats going on in our lives.No judging,no pressure,just how we are doing.We miss our two daughters and grand kids in Sacramento.In past years we have spent more time with them than with our son down here but now things have changed and we have spent more time with Dan and his sons.We hope to get up to see them soon as we really miss them all.

Poor Dan,he is finding out that owning a dog is expensive as Gigi tore up the blinds in the a couple of rooms in the house!Bad Dog! Baaad Dog!