OUR HOME at Bothe State Park 2013

When we moved into our space, here at Bothe State Park's employee campground it was damp and cold.  Now that Spring has arrived things are warming up and the trees are sprouting.  It's lovely.

FORT ROSS - Jenner, CA 2013

We took a drive to the coast....Jenner, CA is about 2 hours from us.  We went to Fort Ross a Russian-American settlement established in 1812.  The Fort sits right on the shoreline. What a lovely place.

 This windmill is an exact replica of one that would have been at Ft Ross in the 1800's. It
  was built last year by 2 Russian architects and had it's "grand opening" Oct 2012.

NAPA VALLEY IS GORGEOUS 2013

Spring has sprung here in Napa Valley.  Mustard fields and trees blooming.  It's only a 3 mile drive to town and we get to see this great view along the way.

Whale Watching - Pt Reyes in January 2013

We went to Pt Reyes in January looking for Whales.  No luck, but the ocean was goregous. We did find a maternity ward of Sea Elephants....very cool.

WE'RE LOVING NAPA VALLEY

HI ALL ....can't download photos just yet but wanted to check in and let everyone know we are loving it here in Napa Valley.  We are enjoying our jobs at Bale Gristmill and the surrounding area is lovely.  Dale helps the Miller.  He's the Dusty(that's what they call the Miller's assistant).  I work in the granary selling flour and other gift items.  I've got a wood cooking stove to use and that's fun.  Hope to get some pictures to post soon.l  Update**** Here's the photos.

FARWELL ARIZONA 12/20/2012

                                             Arizona Sunset

                                             View of Lake Havasu from our campsite

We've spent a wonderful 3 months here at Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge. The time has just flown by.  Water activities is the flavor of the day here.  Fishing, boating, kayaking it was a pleasure watching it all.  We'll be leaving here Thursday on to spent Christmas with family and work our way on to St Helena (Napa Valley) to volunteer at Bales Grist Mill State Park. We'll be there January to May 2013

PARKER DAM 10-13-2012

                                              View from Parker Dam - It's the Arizona side

                                             California Aquaduct

The weather has cooled down some and we decided Saturday to take a drive across Parker Dam. I guess we knew this but didn't think anything of it. California is on the other side of the dam.  We drove around a little over there.  It's quite remote.  We did pass a pumping station...it pumps water from the California  Aquaduct to southern California.  We were driving towards Black Meadow Landing 10 miles from the border but the road got very rough and narrow so we decided to turn around and come back.  We did run across a family of wild burrows, they were walking down the middle of the road.  That was exciting.  These burrows are decendents of burrows that were left by prospectors from the old days. They look pretty hardy and seem to be friendly enough.  They're quite common in the desert areas around here.