Less than 1.5 months ago I was camping here at Sparks lake in the central Oregon Cascades with Hunter and Noah. Hopefully this is a good sign for the upcoming ski season!
Tonight (Oct 25) there was a Halloween party at the High Desert museum. It was a ton of fun, with spooky walks through the living exhibits, crafts, stories, creepy critters (petting snakes etc), and the highlight - candied bugs! Yes - real bugs! Kevin tried the chocolate, coconut crickets, but he was the only one brave enough to try... oh except Abbie who picked up the chocolate chip cookies with crickets and ate one before she realized what it was. I would definitely go to this again next year!
My dad and I did the tour of Deschutes Brewery today. Deschutes is the oldest and largest craft brewery in Bend. They started in 1988 with 3 beers. They are now sold in 27 states.
Beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon in October so we decided to take Pappy to the Pumpkin patch. The last time we were here was October 2011. It amazed us how commercialized this particular pumpkin patch has become... and busy! Still fun though.
Huntee zip lining at the Halloween party.
Hunter heard about the blood moon eclipse this week at school and wanted to see it, so I set the alarm for 3 am and got him up. We bundled up with warm clothes, binoculars, hot chocolate for him and hot coffee for me. This picture was the best I could get but it still looks over exposed. I am no expert with night photography... It was much more orange than the picture shows. Anyhow - good fun. He is now back in bed and I am getting ready for work.
