We went down to Castle Rock State Park near Scott and Sarah for a nice hike last weekend. It was a gorgeous day. The park was full of pretty flowers, great views, and an ominous buzz of some large bee hive not far in the distance.

As an aside, my bread baking project is going slowly, but well. The newest addition was some delicious challah, shown here getting mysteriously picked at. Why has the baking slowed? Because I was finishing up the final touches to my dissertation, which is now completely finished and submitted! We now have free time until moving to Michigan, along with a long list of things in California we are going to see, so keep checking in to see the upcoming adventures.