6 - Waiting...

Besides spending the night at the Caboose Motel, Ryan and I needed to find something to do while we waited for our late afternoon train ride. So we explored a bit of Dunsmuir, Mt Shasta City and McCloud.

Enjoyed some "beary" good food at Black Bear...



Explored the Sacramento River flowing through the Dunsmuir City Park...


Shared the dinosaur at the Mt. Shasta City Park...



Headwaters of the Sacramento River...


Sculpture in McCloud...


More waiting... with a cold drink on the veranda!


"Is it time for the train ride yet?" "Not yet, just one more picture..."

5 - Sleeping in a Caboose!

We splurged a little on our adventure together and stayed at the Caboose Motel in Dunsmuir. No. 25 - the red caboose to Santa Fe.

The caboose came fully equiped with all the essentials...


Including a cool lookout for little boys to climb up to...


...my junior conductor trying out the rocking horse in the gift shop.


...a beautiful view of Castle Crags.


... 2 hours in the swimming pool on the floatie!


A very relaxing day indeed!

4 - Home with Grandma

Besides visiting local parks and train adventures, Ryan and I spent some fun time at home too.

After Ryan declined an offer to watch "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" with me, I decided to watch it myself. Before long he put aside the Legos and found his way into the big chair and didn't move from that spot until the very end of the movie. I guess I can still pull a rabbit out of a hat on a lazy summer day!



And of course we made many "Lego guys" together.



And what's backyard summer fun without a sprinkler, a balloon, and a friendly neighbor to play with...

3 - "Park" Days

In between railroad adventures, Ryan and I have been checking out the local parks.

Lawnridge Park: Close to home and grandma used to go there when she was a little girl. Ryan is testing out the log rolling.


Baker Park: A good park to practice throwing rocks into the river.








Reinhart Volunteer Park: Some nice trails, a foot bridge over the river, turtles, and water lily pads.




Another test of courage! It took a bit of encouragement from grandma to make it the other side.



Riverside Park: Stop at the grower's market, playground, lunch with Granny Barbara, feed the geese, and more playground time.

2 - Boys Will Be Boys

Hanging out waiting for lunch to be served at Jimmy's Classic Drive In, Grants Pass.


"I got my nose."




"What?"

1 - All Aboard at the Railroad Park

Today was the first day of Ryan's Train Adventure! His mom gave him the cool conductor's hat to wear on his trip. Our first stop was the Railroad Park in Medford. We had a short wait in line to catch one of the miniature steam trains that traveled around the park through tunnels and over tressels. After our ride we explored the REAL trains and of course, rang the bell! Stay tuned! More train adventures scheduled later this week!

Summer Skies

After a week of extremely hot weather - triple digits in Southern Oregon - we were rewarded with this spectacular sunset.


This one is a little dark, but the clouds looked like perfectly formed cotton balls.