Alright, here are the pics Crystal and I finally got developed of our trip to Burney Falls during the summer. We took this trip in lieu of camping, since that was when our car blew up. The area is beautiful and I got some awesome pics of the falls.

Burney Falls from the top of the trail (which leads to the base of the falls)

Crystal’s boy, Crystal, ‘K’, ‘G’

Burney Falls through the trees

Burney Falls about halfway down the trail (my fav pic of the falls)

‘G’, ‘K’, and Crystal’s boy looking at the falls

‘G’, Crystal’s boy, ‘K’, and me at the base of the falls

‘G’, me, Crystal’s boy, and ‘K’ on the trail following the river

Me…posing for the camera

‘K’ and Crystal’s boy on (sort of) the trail

The river from above

The skyline…beautiful area

These were from the little Halloween party we threw for the kids while I was visiting Crystal last week. We had it on Sunday the 16th. (BTW…Kristine and Heather are wearing wigs…lol.)

Kristine (Crystal’s neighbor/friend), Heather (Crystal’s friend), and Me

Me, ‘K’, Kristine and her little boy

All the kids at the table decorating cookies
(clockwise from left: Kristine’s boy, Crystal’s boy, ‘G’, Heather’s 2 girls, and ‘K’)

The kids at the pumpkin patch on Tuesday the 18th
(left to right: ‘G’, ‘K’, Kristine’s boy, Crystal’s boy behind)

Back home since Sunday night about 11:30. Let’s see….where did I leave off? Friday, right? Didn’t do much….LOL. Watched tv that evening…oh and a movie…A Lot Like Love….very cute romantic comedy.

Saturday we went up to Mt. Lassen to hike around for the day. Crystal and I packed up, got the boys ready and headed out. It was about an hour drive there. Once there we ate a picnic lunch, then drove to a spot where a few trails started. We were gonna head to a waterfall area, but first decided to hike up to a sulpher area. We didn’t realize how rugged the terrain would get until we were literally on the side of a mountain. Once we saw a cave-like hole in the rock, we decided to head back, just in case something (a mountain lion) lived there and was just waiting for unsuspecting hikers with small kids. Got back to where we started about 5ish and decided to try to hike to the falls. Didn’t get very far (about twenty minutes of walking time with 2 three year olds) when we had to cross a stream. Got across and saw a mound of bird (duck?) feathers. No blood, but the feathers looked fresh. We decided it was time to head back to the car. The last thing we wanted to be was dinner for some animal. And it was getting late and the boys were getting tired. It was time to go.
Didn’t do much that night. We were too tired and sore from all that walking to do much more than lounge around. Oh, we did watch another movie….The Ring Two….not as scary as the first, but pretty good.

Sunday came around and ‘J’ drove up to take us home. He got there about 3ish. We were gonna spend one more night, but we decided to leave that night since it’s easier to drive (and quieter) when the kids are asleep.
And we got home about 11:30 Sunday evening. I let ‘G’ stay home from school Monday, since we got home so late…and I spent the day cleaning.

I promised to post a few pictures….and that I will do. I’ll create a new post for the Halloween pictures and another new post for the Burney Falls pictures from this summer that we finally got developed.