But first, I have some catching up to do on our Lake Piru great adventure.
We had an Easter celebration for the campers and some locals the Saturday before Easter. My fellow Workamper and friend, Linda, and I spent several hours doing face painting. It was great fun for me, and the kids really seemed to enjoy it. We had a long line--must have painted 50 kids' faces!These are the General Managers, Nita and Lon.
This is Lon with Becky, one of our new Workampers.
We enjoyed a last week at beautiful Lake Piru with my son, Mark, and his family.
We said "goodbye" to the Pacific Ocean at a little Ventura County beach.
We fed the fish at the fish hatchery just down the road from the campground.
We went to the honey farm and tasted lots of different kinds of honey. My favorite was avocado honey. Each of the boys got to buy a jar, too. Austin liked his so well that he took the whole jar on a hike the next day and ate about a third of it. He was on a sugar high for the rest of the visit!
We spent another day at the Santa Monica pier, where Wiley went fishing and the rest of us enjoyed the little amusement park (which is right on the pier).
On Thursday, we hiked from the campground all the way to the far end of the lake (note the honey in Austin's hand!). He also found a green caterpillar on the way up. He named it "Jo Jo," and we left him with deep regret in a new home, which we assured Austin was superbly suitable for a friendly green caterpillar. The knoll upon which we sit in this picture was named "Jo Jo's Knoll" in Jo Jo's honor.
The wildflowers were incredibly beautiful. It was a great hike and a wonderful way to end our stay at Lake Piru.
On Friday, Mark took us all to Disneyland. We had a wonderful (and very long) day. The boys enjoyed the rides and I enjoyed watching them. Then Mark treated us all to a night in a wonderful suite of rooms. It was incredibly nice to spend a night in a luxurious room rather than driving through weekend traffic back to camp. Thanks, Mark!It's getting late and Wiley has fallen asleep on the couch. I'd hoped to cover at least part of our trip East tonight, but it's going to have to wait. I do want to take a few minutes to say a fond farewell to all my friends and co-workers at Lake Piru. We had a wonderful winter and enjoyed working with all of you. We hope to stay in touch, and maybe we'll work with you again sometime.
For now, goodnight. The next blog will be Joyce and Wiley's Great Adventure, Part V.
2 comments:
Really a great bon voyage blog,Joyce.
Oh, those beautiful flowers. I enjoyed the many hues of blue in the picture of the boys on the beach. Again John noticed the few or totally cloudless skies. He says Indonesia never has skies without clouds. I remember when I first arrived there I felt like I could reach up and simply touch the clouds. They were so low (so it seemed), puffy, white, and very beautiful.
I tried to read what was on Hudson's shirt but could not quite get it. It certainly looks like you all had a wonderful time together with your family. It looks like you had beautiful days during their entire visit.
I can't wait to hear what you think about the great Grand Canyon. I've seen it only on TV's travel channel and in National Geographis photos. One day......
we'll see it, too. We wish you a safe but exciting trip back here to Florida. J&J
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