Downieville

One of the points of this trip was to spend some time in Downieville.  Chad wanted to hang out and fish, we had deferred yard chores to catch up on, and we wanted to spend some time with Kean and meet his new kitten that adopted him by squatting under his car in the airport parking lot last August.

Let's start with the chores: we cleaned up the herb garden, pruned a bunch of trees, whacked back blackberries, and made a giant heap of detritus that can't yet go to the dump because they already have too big a pile there and aren't accepting more yard waste until after fire season is over.

We did get out for some walks with Kean, and also a nice hike up in the Lakes Basin.  It is, as always, gorgeous up there this time of year.

Chad fished most evenings, and caught a few small fishies.

And last but not least, Kean's kitten Fly (short for Flyaway since he was found at the airport) is just ridiculously cute.  He took a couple of days to figure out that Chad and I weren't scary, and then brought out his big purr.