We survived our day of camping - which was probably less than 4 hours! Alli did very well! She was laughing most of the time, and managed to stay out of trouble (most of the time!) The day was gorgeous up at Crater Lake (in Lassen County). The temp was in the low 70's, with a it of a breeze. If you got too warm in the sun, you just moved to the shade, and back and forth. Poor Dad is still pretty immobilized, and he kept running out of shade! He can't get out of the camping chair by himself, so Dave spent a bit of time repositioning him.

Alli joined us for a while in our chairs even - check out those feet! Not long after we got there, I walked down with Ralph to the lake, and I left Mom in charge of Alli. As we left, Allison was playing in the dirt - just picking handfuls up and letting it sift out of her fingers. I knew it was going to be a dirty day! (And it was - the first thing I did when we got home was throw her in the shower!)

Mom finished a tissue box holder (plastic canvas) and gave it to Ronna. She was way too excited about this - check out the hat! It is a very pretty tissue holder - but as a hat? It needs some more design work! Ronna said she was going to take it on Project Runway. I don't know that she will do well with this, but - the fashion world is a strange one!

There was a major hatch of butterflies at the lake too! Here are a couple of shots of the beach. They were everywhere! When you walked, it was like a snowstorm - watching the snow blow across the road - butterflies fluttering every where in front of you - a bit of vertigo!

(You can see some of the butterflies in the air contrasting against Ralph's jeans)