El Capitan Canyon

Ryan and I took a little vacation and visited El Capitan Canyon for some "Luxury" camping. El Capitan Canyon is just north of Santa Barbara. We stayed in the Creekside King Cabin. It was so fun!

We had this special package waiting for us full of goodies! It was fun to receive such a fun package full of goodies!

This is looking up to our cabin from our own private fire pit and picnic area. We had a great porch too. It was so scenic and very beautiful. They don't allow cars in the Canyon so it was walking or biking wherever we went. The beach was about a 10-15 minute walk, but they had a nice trail to follow which was fun too! The trail was lined with wild blackberries! Yummm...

Here is what we made for dinner our first night there - Chicken and Rice. It was delicious. We did ALL of our cooking in our dutch oven. Ryan was the cook. He did such a great job!

Here we are... hanging out around our campfire!

We had a little problem with the toilet. Well, actually Ryan had a problem with the toilet... No worries, though. He fixed it with a roasting stick... We tossed that one in the trash.


This is what we made for breakfast in the dutch oven. It was SOOO yummy! It was supposed to be an omelet, but we couldn't get the dutch oven flat in the fire pit over the coals, so we just scrambled the eggs. It was SOO yummy. We have even made it twice since we've been home it was so good! The secret ingredient is onions and jalapeno. Did I mention is was delicious?

There were several trails in the area for hiking or biking, so Ryan put me in his extra Mt. Biking gear and off we went.

This was the view from about half way up to the top of the hill. It was so beautiful.

Here I am coming down the small hill that felt like a huge one. I wasn't used to the speed... I thought those padded shorts would make the ride better, and they did, but the next day it didn't feel like it... Sore buns for sure.

When we got up it was nice and sunny. It was so beautiful on our bike ride. Then we went to the beach and it got cloudy and cool... Oh well. It was still fun to be at the beach. We took naps on the beach until it was too cold out for bathing suits.

This was our yummy dinner! BBQ Ribs. It was really delicious just like all our other dutch oven meals.

Cute Ryan sitting by the fire. It was a nice little spot. There were other cabins around but not too close.

Can you see the skunk? Look for the stripped black and white tail. You can't tell from this picture but he was pretty big! We also saw some deer in the camp area as well as birds, lizards chipmunks and squirrel. Oh yeah and some turkey buzzards... Big ugly birds.

Our last camp fire. We had to burn all the wood before we left. There is something mesmerizing about a fire. I love to watch the flames as they flicker and move as such a rapid rate. We had a great trip. Next time we'll just hope for a little bit warmer weather.

Lizzard

The other day I went outside to water some of our plants in the back yard. A lizzard ran over my foot and startled me. It was a little bit bigger than usual so I called Ryan so he could see it too. He wanted to catch it with his dental floss trick... He tried, but in the attempt the lizzard lost his tail. I felt bad for the poor guy. I'd never really seen a lizzard lose his tail. The gross part was that the tail kept moving for over 10 minutes! Nasty! I teased Ryan for the rest of the day about the poor lizzard and how Ryan broke his tail off...

Well, the next day the lizzard came back to get it! We were shocked when we saw this guy on the screen!

Garden Update

They may be small, but they were the yummiest strawberries EVER!!! Peaches are starting to get all rosey pink! Can't wait to taste those!

Here is Ryan cooking up a zucchini from our garden! Isn't he just so cute! We are picking 3-4 zucchini a day! Come get some if you want. I am making a ton of zucchini bread too... YUMMY!

Mustache May

See what you think. It didn't last too long... I didn't like it...

Happy Birthday Mom!

So this was back in April, but I just found the pictures! I forgot I even took them!

"Is this my birthday cake? Looks so yummy!"

RAISE your hand if it's your birthday!

Scary Spider

Anyboy ever seen a spider like this before? It was really creapy looking! We captured it in a jar and it died. Well, the RAID may have had something to do with it...

We are so boring...

It has been so long since I've posted anything. I guess I just don't have any cool pictures to post about. The most exciting thing in our lives right now is our garden. We love going out back to check on how everything is growing. (Above picture is not our garden... Ours is WAY better).

The peach tree is doing awesome! (No pictures of course...). It started out with 2 peaches last year, and this year we are going to have well over 100 peaches! We are so excited! Our grapes are doing well too! Last year they were new to our yard and they barely did anything. This year we will get about 10 bunches of grapes! So fun to watch them grow!

We also have our usual tomatoes and zucchini. We will get some zucchini this week! Can't wait! We also bought an apricot tree early this year. It started out as a stick. I mean literally a stick. And now, it is covered with leaves and growing really well! No fruit this year, but we have high hopes for next year!

We also planted strawberries for the first time. These strawberries are the BEST I have ever had. They might be tiny but they taste AMAZING!! We also planted a blackberry stick... It has been in the ground for many, many months. We never saw any growth on it and wondered many times if it was dead. Well, as of this week - IT IS ALIVE! It sprouted one leaf. We are so proud.

Ryan also planted an onion that sprouted in our fridge but we aren't really sure about how to grow onions, so it may be dead already...

So, there you have it. We are boring. All we have is our cute garden and fruits that come from our garden. We may have a small yard, but we have enough room to grow yummy food! It is so fun too! Come check out our garden and maybe we'll share some of it with you!