Days 7 and 8: Homeward Bound

We had a very smooth two-day trip home from Black Sheep Gathering. We stopped at Hendrick’s Park in Eugene before leaving town. A few Rhododendrons were still in bloom, and the park was very green and lush. While we were at Hendrick’s Park, we saw a peahen hopping through the grass with her babies in tow.

Mt. Shasta was breathtaking on the way home as well. The Pacific Northwest native and geologist in me has been missing the splendor of the Cascade Mountain Range since I have moved to southern California in 2001. This is evidenced by the large number of Mt. Shasta pictures that I took on this trip.

Lori and I enjoyed driving through the agriculture in the Central Valley of California. We especially were taken with all of the sunflowers that were blooming. There were literally hundreds of acres of sunflowers along the side of the road. I imagine that the impressionist painters would have been thrilled by such a scene.

Now that we are home it is time to get back to spinning, knitting, and washing fleeces.

24 June 2009 | Dyeing, Knitting, Spinning | Comments