I saw in the paper last week that a student from HSU would be guiding a walk through the Community forest looking for salamanders. The boys and I were on board with that idea, so Saturday morning found us gathering on a street corner near the forest with several other families.

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Another afternoon after I came home from work, we decided to go for a bike ride out through the Arcata Bottoms and across the Mad River bridge.





It was a wonderful ride. We parked by the bridge and rode out to the beach. The dogs were with us the whole way.

North and Sky were a little excited about being out as the evening darkened. Once released from the bike seats, they could have played on the rocks for hours.

And North would have too, until he discovered he could climb up the fence.

Once he got up to the top, things got a little tricky. He was adamant that he could climb over the top and down to the bridge path. Reed and I were not OK with that idea so we were in a bit of a stand-off for a while. Finally I suggested that Reed tickle North's knees and thus cause him to let go of the fencing.