I had the privilege of having Alex and Maya spend the night at my house again last night. We woke up early and decided to go on an adventure. Our first stop was Shasta Dam.
A week ago the water was being let down from the top of the spillway.
It was extremely windy out. Alex thought the rough
waves made the lake look like an ocean.
The temperature was in the lower fifties, but the wind made it feel
like it was much colder, too cold to stay very long.
Our next stop was Turtle Bay. It was at least ten degrees warmer at Turtle
Bay than at Shasta Dam. The water was still extremely high.
Maya and Alex admiring the scenery.
Maya thought the bridge supports were great fun.
So did Alex.
We're headed down to the bottom of the bridge.
The water was overflowing the river banks. It is usually dry here, but
Alex and Maya took advantage of the situation.
It made it even more of an adventure with the water so high. Maya slipped and got
one of her new shoes wet, but we just laughed and went on having fun.
Next we decided to cross a bridge. On the other side of the bridge we found a great exhibit.
When you turn the wheel it produces electricity for the display to work. The display features Native Americans speaking in their native language and then giving the equivalent words in English. It was very interesting and Maya and Alex certainly enjoyed helping to generate the power.
It was time to go home, but we did not want the adventure to end, and so---
we decided to have a picnic when we got back to my house.
After the picnic Alex and Maya had great fun with my new solar water fountain.
They pretended they were doing a magic act making the water stop and start at their will by blocking and unblocking the solar panel. Great imaginations! It was then time to take them home.
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