Fourth of July
Started the morning with more quad riding and swinging from a rope in the barn. Later in the morning the kids, their fathers, Sue, and I took a short walk to a geocache. Only cache for 24 miles in any direction happens to be about a half mile from the ranch house and just over the fence on Forest Service land. Very well hidden but many eyes made pretty quick work of it.
After lunch we took everyone to see the actual headwaters where the Williamson River starts as a series of springs in the middle of a very dusty hill side. Within a few feet it is a 20’ wide river.
From there it was off to Hyde Lake for several hours of swimming and boating.
Swimming in lake.
Boating
The two white spots in center are pelicans,
This lizard was quite happy to sit two feet from me for quite a while.
Clouds over Hyde Lake
Back to the ranch to shower and get ready for dinner. Ranch style buffet feeding 25-30 people. Several families of nearby and not quite so nearby friends and relations. After dinner the kids played with their uncle/cousin Joe. They would run around and he would rope them like a cow or a horse. Often he would catch them in bunches. At twilight we lit a large fire to sit around and began the festivities. Sparklers for about 14 kids for a half hour or so and then fireworks for all.
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