September Camping

We enjoyed an amazing camping trip in a serene redwood setting with a gorgeous field trip outing. Got to know some great homeschool families and am looking forward to spending more time with them. We all had a blast!

One thing I really enjoyed was that each breakfast and dinner was a group effort with several of the families signed up as a team. Other than lunch, each family participated in the making of one meal and they were all delicious! It was wonderful not having to focus on cooking the whole time which often happens on camping trips. The best part was that there was a competitive edge to who would serve the most delicious meal so they were all amazing. Brilliant!

I still feel like I'm a temporary part of this group. It's kind of hard living in a home where we could get notice to leave any day. I'm definitely holding back on developing friendships. I also really miss the ladies in my homeschool group back in OC. Both groups are great but it's amazing how different they are.

Park, park, park... there's no place to park but plenty of parks.

Wow, a sunny day on the bay. And we're wearing shorts too? Awesome! Thankfully we were able to eventually find a legal parking spot and avoided a ticket while parked in an unmarked possibly illegal spot so all and all, it was a great day!

Bone Room = Awesomeness!

Picture a store dedicated with all things dead and you've got the Bone Room. It's actually very cool. You can find every type of animal preserved in every type of way. If you are in the market for a freeze dried rat, they've got them. How handy is that!? They also have all kinds of real as well as replica human bones. Below is me hanging around with the other people that didn't escape from the store before it closed on the night they were doing a bone cleaning class. Zoinks!

I love the preserved and pinned butterflies and insects. They way they're displayed is such an art form. I think they sell them unpinned and undisplayed too which is great if you want to practice. I thought all the reproduction Australopithecine skulls were particularly cool but didn't retain the ability to identify each of them. I really loved my Physical Anthropology classes in college.

One of the best things about the Bone Room is the fact that they give classes each week on subjects like bone cleaning, taxidermy, insect preserving, etc. We haven't been to a class just yet, but it's on the list of must do's.

If you're ever in North Berkeley, be sure to stop by and check it out. I'm sure you'll see something new.