Gold Fever

For some reason, Nate has gotten the 'gold fever' and bought a couple special pans to find gold with. It is really just for fun and all he has found are tiny specks so far. Don't worry, though, we plan on hitting it BIG...

We went to Silverado Canyon with the Rodriguez's to see what it had to offer. I think they got the 'fever' too!

Trey showed us how much fun he was having

Kalli and Grant looked for frogs and Curt even caught us a couple

Kim giving the ol' panning a shot

Trey being Trey, throwing rocks

Nate and Curt getting into it - they were searching for that nugget, but to no avail

There were so many frogs in the river - this one thought it would hitch a ride on my foot. We saw some other fun things too, including a salamander and a fox.

The kids had so much fun enjoying nature.

I would love to go back, even when Nate is over his panning spurt (then it will be something else, it always is :)

Our Great Wilderness Adventure

This afternoon, Nate wanted to do something different and fun. He did some "research" and then we took off to a land unknown. We have heard about Silverado Canyon and always wanted to check it out. Nate has also been dying to go 4-wheeling and camping so we figured we would see what this place has to offer. First, we went to the not-so-well-known Tucker Wilderness Sanctuary. There was a lot of wilderness for sure and maybe a couple hummingbirds, but that about covered it. We also went to the museum, which consisted of a few stuffed animals and snakes (I don't know if "museum" is the word I would use to describe it). Kalli had fun cruising around and talking/asking questions a million miles a minute.

The wilderness

Spotted a few goats

"Museum"

They aren't real, don't worry

Hmmm...who's taller?

Afterwards, we ventured to a biker bar not too far away for an early dinner. Many might question this decision, taking our 3 yr old into a bar with a bunch of bikers, but Nate found this place online and it said it was kid friendly plus live music every night. Sounded like fun to us. Well, believe it or not, once we got there, we could see it was definitely NOT kid friendly (even though on the sign it states "children welcome") . Inside was a huge bar with hardly any booths and outside everyone was smoking by the tables. We ended up staying, even though our little goody two shoes family stuck out like a sore thumb. We found a table away from the smoke and enjoyed our BLT and pastrami sandwiches, which were fabulous!

Notice the "Children Welcome" on the sign

All in all, we had a lot of fun and if you ever need a tour guide to Silverado canyon - give us a call!