Night Visitors - August 2017

Grant set up a motion sensor camera in our yard to find out who and what was visiting us.  These pictures are the result of his efforts.  Four raccoons, three foxes, and a skunk!  We think the foxes live under our shed (in a burrow) and that maybe the raccoons live nearby.

Silver Lake - August 26, 2017

On Grant's birthday, we took a trip up to our beloved Silver Lake to kayak.  I had to laugh that Grant has installed a rear view mirror on his newest kayak, as well as a fish finder and a small electric motor that he can steer from his seat.  I have posted my pictures first and then Grant's.  Enjoy!  It's such a cool place!!

My photos

Grant's latest creation

Can't beat this view!

"Slumbering Giants" 

Rear view mirror on a kayak...only Grant would think this up!

Grant below the high water line from last winters heavy rains

High water line (pollen)

Toadstools and pinecones

View from the pit stop

Waterproof gear box and gold sparkly toenails

View from Grant's "glass-bottomed boat" (It's thick clear plastic)

We stopped on the island so I could change my camera batteries and then try out Grant's kayak

My kayak on the island

Back on the water - Grant 

Circumnavigation of the island

Grant taking a picture of a plane (see his photos below)

Starting back

Headed for shore

Final look

Grant's photos

Close-up view of Quincy.  The large brown place in the center is the log piles at the Sierra-Pacific Mill

Quincy close-up with a huge amount of logs at the Sierra Pacific Mill

Quincy from the Silver Lake Road

East Claremont Peak

East Claremont and Claremont Peaks showing burn scars from the Minerva Fire

Pilot Peak Fire Lookout

Me at Silver Lake

This makes me laugh.  I mean, we love taking pictures of reflections, but...

Beauty abounds here, especially on a crystal clear day!

I wanted a picture of myself without my hat

Grant wanted one of me as Cousin It

The stinker took a picture of me making a pit stop

The trees were literally laden with cones

I wanted to test out Grant's newest kayak and look through the clear bottom he built into it.

The plane that I mentioned in my pictures

As I mentioned, we love reflection.  I thought this stick looked like a snapping turtle.  Grant thought it looked like a duck