Forest Glen

campsite visitor

Last weekend we headed up to Trinity county to see some of the caves in the Forest Glen area.  It’s a bit of a drive but Ric and I were able to squeeze in the truck with Tom and Karole so that saved some gas and helped make the time go by quicker. We stopped at Los Mariachis in Redbluff where Tom and I ordered molcajete’s. This time though I had a seafood one with scallops in it!

On the way to the campground it was raining pretty hard but it cleared up before we got there, so Ric and I could set up our tents.  The next day we visited a couple caves and had a great time. Then as it was raining pretty hard we headed to Hayfork for dinner. The diner had a  surprisingly large menu so everyone found something they liked. Sunday we headed out to see natural bridge which was quite impressive. All in all a good MLG weekend.

Admiring formations

We had fun can you tell?

a pleasant evening round the fire

An impressive natural bridge

See the rest of the pictures I took here.

Filipino Fiesta 2009

I headed down to Southern Sacramento for this years Filipino Fiesta. Once more there was lots to see, All sorts of things for sale, good food, and performances with singing and dancing.  Sadly I seem to be affected by allergies this year and as a constant cool breeze made the weather perfect for an outdoor festival,  it gave me a pretty bad sinus headache so I left a little early but not before getting a few pictures.

Parade at the start of Activities

Performers ready for the stage

Mmm. Lechon (roast pork)

Pacific Island Dancers

Makefair 2009

I happened to be browsing on Gizmodo and spotted a post that Makefair was taking place in San Mateo so I headed down to see what all the fuss was about. I had a wonderful time. My only complaint was there was too much to see! There was no way to check out everything in a single day. Next year I have to plan ahead, get some friends together and spend two days there.

Dancing Girls, Curtesy of the Boiler Bar

The whole crew from the Boiler Bar Theatre did a wonderful performance.

It’s electric- tesla coil generates big sparks

There was a lot of electricity in the air- Pacemakes beware.

Giant Robotic hand

And it was a bad day to be a 50 gallon drum- This thing crushes them with ease.