Cabin Time

Took a couple days off this last week to head to the cabin for the kids spring break.

On Thursday we took the pontoon mama (that would be the pontoon boat) out to McLure Lake which is a lake we had not been to before. It was a beautiful spring day and was 78 degrees! That was the nicest day we have had since the Noah's Ark rain started 3 months ago! We had a relaxing time fishing and checking out the beautiful green hills. The highlight of the day was when Drew spotted a huge toad. It was in the lake and had swam by the beached boat and taken cover in the plants on the bottom of lake. We lost sight of it so we went hunting for other frogs. Not having any luck we went back to the boat and found the big guy floating on the top of the water. We called "long armed Daddy" to reach down and swoop him up in a net! SCORE!!! Got him! We played with him for a while and then let him go. We are pretty sure he was the type of frog that they catch and use in the Calaveras frog jumping contest.

The next day, we went into Yosemite for the last snow shoe trip of the year. We snow shoed off trail around a couple meadows. It was a beautiful day with clear blue skies. We were snow shoeing in short sleeves. The snow is melting fast, so we packed up the snow shoes and put them away til next year.

The 3rd day was a work day. Our good friends, Tina, Marty, Mari and Kyle came up to be our work crew. It was a hugely successful day. We
* prepped for painting the cabin
* chose the color to paint the cabin ("turd" brown with moss green trim)
* did an all day burn of pine needles and other debris
* rearranged the downstairs with new furniture
* took a load of stuff to the local thrift shop
* got rid of all kinds of stuff at the dump - that was huge!!

We ended the day with a yummy dinner at the mexican place in Groveland - where we were all giddy from the day of work! Next we will schedule a weekend to paint. Then move on to putting on a new roof.

I got some great pics of the weekend that I will post shortly, so keep checking back. There are pics of tremendous wildflowers, Drew's fort made with manzanita branches, pine boughs and pine needles; and beautiful snow shots.