last hike in the cascades ..... before the monsoons hit. 

Bryce ...... Mr. let the good times roll. 

Constance& Ana Ruth ..... witness to the first day of swimming.  

serious fun. 

Here we are in the baby-pod waiting for lift-off ... these guys love the guitar so much they want to eat it. 

More please. 

Goin' mobile. Leaving his brother in the dust. 

Another guitar lesson .... I'm explaining what a suspended 4th is.  

New twins in the 'hood. Thelonius and Rosco. Rosco is the one with the botched horn job. They are Oberhosli or Swiss Alpine goats ... pack goats that is. By next year these guys will be able to haul about 50 lbs. each into the mountains .... so we can haul the other twins. Very sweet little fellas.