After taking a few days of vacation last week and enjoying my last paid holiday yesterday (oh yeah...happy birthday America), I am officially retired as of today. Still having a hard time grasping the concept that I don't need to get up early and go to work every morning ~ I do; however, still get up early!Spent the last few days in the Gold Lakes Basin area with the family fishing, hiking and just kicking back. Of course, everyone caught more fish then me even our four year old granddaughter, AnnMarie ... whatever! That's OK, I still loved every minute of it!
Had the very sad experience of walking through the Plumas Eureka Campground, which was tragically shut down due to the budget ~ NOT happy about that! It was very strange to walk the abandoned camp that we have visited every year for the past 23 years. No campers and lots of winter damage!
I did pick up a few rocks and logs from around the camp to paint on ... hey who needs to buy a canvas when Mother Nature provides such beauties for me!A friend recently challenged me to train to run the 100-mile Great Western States race with her ~ training officially started today. Thanks Deanna ... see you on the trails!
Wish we could have gone camping with you! But I don't think I would have wanted to see you kiss that fish in person...
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