Luke Visit Day 3

September 27, 2014 Day 3 begins as I get up and quietly check on our special guest.  He is awake, but had chosen not to get me up, as his ipod was more to his interest this morning.  But we began as we did the day before, me with my cup of coffee and Luke quickly downing a bowl of cereal.

Luke and I went out to the quick chore readjusting my solar panels to match the ever decreasing angle of the fall sun.  We checked the water level in the tank and decided to pump water for a few minutes.

Shortly thereafter the cabin was abuzz with new guests, son and uncle Brian and friend Lindsay.  We had a big day planned and, as is usual, a big breakfast was in order.  Luke whipped up the pancake mix, Brian busied himself with juicing many fresh oranges (from our San Gabriel neighbor's tree), while Mary and Lindsay prepared a bigger table, scrambled eggs and the rest of the fixings and I had grill duty for the bacon and pancakes.  A special Thanks was given for this day, those here and the food. Thus a great breakfast was had, along with varied conversations and a specific discussion of today's events:  Special Luke event prepared and hosted by Brian and a hike up the dry riverbed of the South Fork of the Kern River.

After breakfast, Brian and Lindsay departed for final preparations for the special event and we cleaned up and then relaxed a bit in the cool, yet sunny mountain air.

Treasure was found!!! For details and pictures of the Treasure Hunt click [Treasure Hunt! ]

After the treasure hunt we all decided to work off our lunch by going for a hike up the dry riverbed of the South Fork of the Kern River.  It was an interesting walk seeing the dry bed and several beaver dams and a few other surprises.  To read about it click [Beaver Dams & Dry Riverbed ]

After exploring the riverbed for a while we journeyed west onto a sandy plain, with, trees, and occasional pieces of obsidian.  Rocks to climb, views to enjoy, and some treasures to be found. Some good and some not so good.

My, my whatever could this be?

Mary and I have decided when we come upon carriable trash, we take it out and add to our collection of trash of past visitors.  We have a Homer Bucket in the truck just for this purpose. This is in the spirit of a Boy Scout mantra of "Leave the land better than you found it."  I think today's finds were years, but most probably decades old, but we carried them out.

Treasures of Trash Removed

The sun was close to setting when we reached the truck.  For the very short ride home, Luke and I chose the back of the pickup.

The adventures of Day 3 had concluded, but much enjoyment came from reliving the SDS events of the day.  Family fun, with eating, laughing, and the telling stories was the end to a perfect SDS day.

All are happy including some dogs; Life is Good and Sometimes Funny