Spring Break: Kind of Camping, More Chicks & Jenner

We spent a great couple of days in Pescadero at Costanoa.  This one of my favorite places.  We spent the last night of our honeymoon here in one of their canvas tents and we were planning on doing the same on Easter day, but the winds kicked up and I changed our reservation to one of the rooms in the lodge.  Truth be told, I'm not really a camper - so this worked out well for me.  We rested, read, explored, got lost (a few times), made s'mores nightly and enjoyed our time away from home.

G showing Steve the agony of defeat in a beach wrestling match.

As we approached the tiny town of Pescadero, I kept seeing this cute little goat and girl pointing the way.  Where to?  I didn't know, but I liked the sign enough to slow down and take a picture.  I had a magazine article on things to do in Pescadero from an old Sunset magazine.  It didn't mention the goat farm located in Pescadero, but when we saw a few hundred goats frolicking in a field - we had to pull over.

We stopped and tasted cheese, watched goats being milked and wandered through their gardens and old barn at Harley Farms.  Such a nice surprise and I recommend stopping by if and when you're in the neighborhood for handmade cheese, fresh eggs or their goat milk soap.

G enjoyed the mystical view from our deck at Costanoa and was sporting the pink/white sequined bunny ears that some lady gave him earlier that day.  He has a knack of acquiring really fancy accessories.

When we got home, we decided to take a trip to Pt. Reyes and pick up a few more chicks for our flock.  The chicks we picked up last week at Larsen's Feed Store turned out to be more ornamental bantam birds and we wanted to make sure we had good egg layers.  Therefore, we purchased two red and two black sex links from Toby's Feed Barn and they could not be cuter!

I'm calling the new day old sex links "chicks" and the three week old silkies "girls".  We had to separate them, as the older girls would pick on the little ones.  We will put them together in a month or so.

When we moved the girls to the coop, we also let them roam free in the yard (while we're with them) and they are so interesting to watch.  The biggest one we've named Mama and she is bossy and likes to show off.  The others are a little more shy, but quickly learning to eat bugs and wander farther away from the coop.  We haven't picked names for them yet, but we will the more we get to see their personalities.

G's painting was also being displayed at Toby's Feed Barn as part of Arann & Paige's wedding advice art display.  Here he is posing for his mother.  Can you see the attitude?  He named the painting "Puddles & Strings" and I thought it was sweet that the happy couple added it to the art show.

We ended Spring Break with a visit to the Rangel girls and beachcombing at our secret beach in Jenner.  It was so hot on the coast this weekend (and still is) and the kids laughed, played, picked up junk and trash, helped find sea glass and found a homemade bow (minus the arrow).  The above shot is of G and Isabella jumping off of a big rock.  I love how happy they look.  

An amazing end to an amazing week.  I hope yours was just as lovely.