Holly, Holly, Holly

 This is Holly. One of our goats. She has found a way to get on top of her house. At first I was worried about her falling....but then I remembered she's  a GOAT.

 This is Alf. Holly's brother. He's my boy!  I'm standing in the garden, taking this picture.  I usually feed him chard when I'm in the garden. Do you think he wants some?  I grow Chard just for him. My husband thinks I'm nuts.

I'm back!

 Its been a busy couple weeks.  I was gone for a week for work and a week for vacation.  Boy, did I need a vacation.  This year we went on a family backpacking trip. It was about a 3 hour hike to our site. We were gone 4 days and 3 nights. We are very proud of our kids. They packed in their own food, sleeping bag, clothes, pad and pillow.  They never complained!   Here are some pictures from our trip.



 This photo reminds me of the Seven Dwarfs

  

Happy Campers

 

 This was home for 3 nights. Not to bad, I would say.





 I love this picture. One night we were the only people on the lake.



 One of our days we spent hiking to Horseshoe lake. It took some searching, but we found the marker on the tree.  From this point it was a straight up a hill.



 This is Horseshoe lake

                            

 This is me! Happy we made it to the top. So you understand how far the hike was, here is a visual....



This is the lake we are camping at. Our tent is on the big white rock on the right side

                                                        


 Here is the same lake from the top of Horseshoe

 back at camp... we had to climb this hill to get to the .......



 Yes, you do your business with the deer, birds and squirrels.



 There are no walls. Its just you and Mother Nature!