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First Days of Staying at Home

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Monday was already a prescheduled school holiday so today felt like the first day of the \”lockdown\”.   Quinn picked out some books to read while stuck at home.  
The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.  

His class read the condensed version of Odyssey in school and Quinn wanted to read the full thing.  How about a graphic novel version!

And The Iliad. 

I have a feeling we (as in me) are going to come out of this with an unneeded extra 15 pounds.  Making turtle brownies. 

Doing some reading while the brownies cook.   I might be fatter but I will also be more well read.  
A nice walkabout with Sonic before the next rainstorm.  

And lots of on-line friend time playing games.  I\’m glad they are able to stay connected this way.  I love hearing all the non-stop giggling. 

Poor guy hasn\’t been walked much because of all the rain. 

And some of our prepper food.  I hope it never gets to this but we are prepared. 

Tarantula Hill

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We have been getting alot of rain here recently so the trails are closed to hikers.  Hiking on muddy trails ruins them. 

But there is a paved path that goes up to the top of Tarantula Hill.  It\’s a short uphill walk but with a great view at the top.

Our pensive one. 

Amy and Quinn bombed this picture. 

Cactus along the way. 

And our way back down. 

After a rousing game of Sequence we hung out with a roaring fire.  Strange time in sunny SoCal with cold, wet days and being hunkered down. 

More Hiking

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Quinn and Sonic energized for our Saturday hike!
We picked a couple of easy hikes from the challenge since Quinn was with us.  The first was about a mile to and from with lots of flowers along the way.   

The second hike was close by and also not too challenging.  

With storm heading our way there were lots of big puffy clouds in the sky. 

While Quinn was in Odyssey on Sunday Don and I picked a challenging hike.  It was 1.1 miles uphill to get to the trail but it was pretty beautiful.  

This is the point where we had already missed the trail. 

But we were treated to this vista point. 

And back on the right trail through the green meadow.  

We try and get as many hikes in as early as possible because once Odyssey ends we don\’t have the free time on Sundays and Quinn\’s not always the most willing participant.