Christmas 2018

We celebrated a nice cozy Christmas Day at Brian and Kellys with Bixby adding a childs magic.

                                        Bixby was building a game consul out of cardboard 

 A good puzzle was enjoyed by all

 Good books to brouse

Hey...this thing really works 

 

Gifts were opened 

Bixby tries out his new hiking head gear
Look out mosquitoes !!!

My mom and dad received a photo book
lovingly made by Kelly. 

We cook together 

 And play a few card games 

 Then enjoy a lovely meal 

complete with English party crackers

and silly games and hats

 My dads painting of Italy with

 a Christmas village scene in the foreground

A good time was had by all 

Camping at Santa Margarita Lake

Had a great weekend camping with Kelly, Brian and Bixby at Santa Margarita Lake.

 Mike and I took our little backpacking tent

Saturday morning was foggy 

Old parts of the original dam 

 Our campsite from the lake

We walked around the lake looking for prints 

Racoon 

My old 1985 VW Wesfalia

 that now belongs to Kelly and Brian 

 We hikes to Rocky Point

From our campsite I watched a hawk maim

a duck and the vultures tried to get it 

out of the water...unsuccessfully. 

 

 

 Where Bixby chose to eat his lunch

Mike cooked dinner on his old backpacking stove 

Brian and Bix light the fire 

And roast marshmellows 

 We played Uno and "Ticket to Ride" boardgame

 Then it was time to pack up and go