We had a lovely cloudless and sunny two days of Humboldt summer (the best it gets here). While Kelvin had to go down to LA for a regional conference for work, we flew his parents up to enjoy some time with the grandchildren during a busy couple of weeks for us (upcoming call for me and daycare closure over the July 4th week).
Here is truly one of the best grandpas there is with little Niall
We spent Saturday afternoon at the "Best of Humboldt" Fair at Redwood Acres. It was the third year going for us, mainly because kids are enamored with the animals (see previous posts from 2017 and 2018).
Wallaby
Great Horned Owl
Armadillo
Porcupine
Barnyard goats
Iver couldn't wait to get back to the reptiles!
Petting a Tegu
Up close and personal
"Nature Joe" was there with Luther the tortoise, who also attends birthday parties!
Lincoln and Ada joined us
Iver was so excited to pet the boas
Lincoln was brave!
Then on Sunday, we had another joint outing with the Johnsons to Noble Blueberry Farm for our fourth annual blueberry picking fest which always ends up being near the July 4th weekend, and often when my in-laws are in town (Here are the links for 2016, 2017, and 2018 visits!)
Iver was very intent on getting the "very blue, almost purple" ones.
"When you see the ones with some brown on them, that means they are not good." (missed their picking window!)
Niall was way more into eating his favorite fruit ("More blue!" he kept saying)-- requesting to eat some out of the can à la Blueberries for Sal, rather than doing any picking.
Straddling the boundary
Racing with Jonathan.
We weighed, and paid, and enjoyed a
few minutes in the shade (Fieldbrook, about 15 min away, is about 10
degrees warmer than our place on the coast).
It was a a sunny success. And I must report that my pollen goggles are working spectacularly to let me enjoy some of this weather and the great outdoors, without being down for the count with swollen eyeballs the rest of the day. Hooray!
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