Bigfoot is real

Coltrane and Emmett have been fascinated by mysteries lately; the Bermuda triangle, crop circles, the Fiji mermaid, Sasquatch,  etc.
Well, lo and behold,  in little old Felton, CA there is the Bigfoot museum.  We tried to go twice. The first time there was a sign written with crayon that pronounced it was closed for research.  Intriguing!  The next time we tried it was still closed,  but there was a sign to ring the bell. We were just about to leave after 5 minutes when an aging hippie let us in to the museum. I had a feeling from the start that he meant business. I couldn't have been more correct.
This guy lived and breathed Bigfoot. He had paraphanelia, Bigfoot plaster footprints ( some for sale!), and many other crazy doodads. He and Coltrane started talking about the infamous video made in the 70's. Coltrane was discussing how he saw a show debunking the video as fake. Well, damn, that man started on Coltrane about how it has to be real, etc. It was a hoot.
We bought a couple of postcards,  a drawing of Bigfoot by aforementioned  owner and an iron on. It was such a good time. Here are some pics.

Happy 10th Anniversary!

Well, Carl and I have been married ten years!  So crazy. We celebrated with the kiddos who made us signs and confetti. 

Out in the woods

We have very little wifi or 3G so we can't blog as much as we hoped. When we get to Santa Cruz and stay for a couple of weeks we should be able to update with pics and stuff.
We are in Oregon and it is extremely great. We are camping by the rogue river tonight. Next week we plan on staying at a tree house hotel. Will post pics.

Underneath the bridge ....

Well, we were driving through Aberdeen last week and had read that finally the town had erected a small park and monument to Kurt Cobain.  I really didn't know what to expect. We were all pleasantly surprised.  It was subdued and mellow and in an amazing location. It was at the bridge where he lived and the bridge that was showcased in "something in the way ". There was a concrete guitar monument and one board with the lyrics to the aforementioned song. There were a couple of benches on the wishkah river and one granite slab with some Kurt quotes. It is a very small park, about a block from the house he grew up in. Under the bridge there was artwork, poems, messages etc from visitors from all over the world. It was powerful to be where he hung out as a child and teenager. It was also pretty sad. Here are some pics.

Junior park ranger dramatics

Emmett and Coltrane have been earning badges at all the national Parks we visit. Usually there is a book to complete with activities like word searches, bingo, coloring pages and the like. The Olympic National park booklet had something a little different, a touch of the dramatic. The last page was entitled "Park Poet". You had to write a little poem about something you saw or felt while in the park. The boys decided to write about the coast, the beach especially.
Here is Em's poem with some help from me.
Beach
Strong, fast
Ebb and flow
I love powerful waves
Ocean.
The poems were " cinquain" style or that is what the sheet told me.
OK- Here is Coltrane's poem with no help.

Man
Will walk
Man will die
On the wavy ocean
Boy.

Heavy, I know.  LOL.
I think the ranger who checked his booklet out didn't know what to say.
I tried to help her out. I said," Coltrane is kind of deep."
She said " I can see that." :)