S'mores Bars

 S'mores Bars

44 graham crackers, broken into bite-sized pieces

Spice Cookies

Spice Cookies

 1 spice cake mix

2 eggs

1/3 cup vegetable oil

Million Dollar Fudge

 Million Dollar Fudge

1/2 cup butter
4 1/2 cups sugar
12 ounces evaporated milk

Microwave Peanut Brittle

 Microwave Peanut Brittle

2 cups dry roasted, salted peanuts

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup light corn syrup

1 teaspoon butter or margarine

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon baking soda

Blueberry Pudding Cake

 Blueberry Pudding Cake

3 cups blueberries
the original recipe calls for 2 cups blueberries, we often use 4 cups

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon lemon juice

Original Date: 1 July 2006

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Our Fourth Annual Honeymoon

Plumas National Forest

We started on this, our fourth annual honeymoon, around 9am and drove via 299 through Redding to Susanville and camped in the Plumas National Forest. We saw a bit of deer, squirrels, hummingbirds, a couple small hares, and lots of bats come evening. We checked out two of the local campgrounds. The first one was a bit overgrown but no one was there. The second was farther in, but had a very large group of unruly children charging about.

Laufman Campground

 Ending up back at Laufman Campground, we had the place to ourselves. It was gloriously peaceful, if lacking the babbling brook at the be-sprogged campground. There were also lots of flowers at the campsite including large, yellow balsamroot, wild rose, and gorgeous pink thistles.

Original Date: 16 June 2006

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Chaparral Lillies

We saw these lovely Chaparral Lillies when hiking last weekend in the mountains near Weitchpec. They were sooooo pretty!

We also saw a *very* large black bear. We'd been driving along a mountain road when we spotted him ahead of us. We coasted along behind him as he walked up the road until the car nearly stopped. Scott had to put the engine back in gear and that caused the bear to turn off the road into the trees. We were just behind him and the woods there were not very thick, but he still managed to disappear instantly.

Soon after we saw a bobcat bound across the road and head into the woods. We only saw him long enough to register the size (beagle sized), the shape (large rear end and bobbed tail) and color (sort of an orangish-brown) and he was gone.

We also found a nice lake to camp at. It looks like no one ever goes there since it is near Fish Lake which is very popular. While walking around the lake, we heard lots of frogs. We also found an old abandoned coat that was home to a large, fat Western Fence Lizard. Scott caught him after disturbing his plastic home so we could have a good look. He had a bright blue chin and belly and a very unpleasant disposition. Were he six feet instead of six inches, he'd have gladly eaten us for supper.