Yreka

We haven't gone camping in forever. Between work and Sofia's school, Adam and my opposing schedules and the boys, we just haven't had the time or energy. But we vowed to change that so we had planned to go camping for two days in October, except that Adam ended up potentially having to work on one of those days. It was one of those situations where he wouldn't know if he actually had to work or not until a few days before. So we put the plans on hold since we didn't know if camping would be possible. The day before, he learns he doesn't need to go to court, but now we are scrambling trying to get everything together. It was a bit much for me, so we compromised and went up to Shasta but decided to stay in a cabin. Adam didn't so much have his heart set on camping as he did scoping out some deer hunting before the season ended... 

I found Railroad Park Resort in Dunsmuir and knew Sofia was going to love it. An entire resort where every cabin is a converted caboose or railcar. We stayed in a yellow caboose. I didn't take photos of the inside of the cabin, but believe me, it was adorable. There was a king bed for us and a little twin bed tucked into a corner of the caboose for Sofia. There were stairs up to the little cupola with a small bench so you could look out the window. The caboose was used as living space at the back of the train for railroad workers, and I could totally imagine it staying in this caboose. Sofia was beyond herself with excitement, she was jumping up and down when we drove in, although that could have also been from the four hour drive to get there. 

We get to sleep in this tonight?!?

The fountain at the resort

Adam and his boys and a huge train engine in the background. We did climb inside the engine. 

Hello up there! 

The next day we headed out early and drove into Mount Shasta wilderness so Adam could scope out some good deer hunting for next year. Although he did bring his rifle with him, he didn't intend to actually shoot anything. This was more of a scouting expedition. Deer season was ending at the end of the week, we were going in the middle of the day, we drove the truck right up to the spots he was scoping, and we had the kids with us. Not exactly ideal hunting conditions. So he hiked around for about an hour or so and then we loaded back up and started to drive home.

It was a very short trip and we didn't actually camp, but it was nice to get out of the house together.

Stretching our legs at a rest stop

Thomas sharing some peanut butter crackers with Dad. Road trips are more awesome when you can eat in the bed of the truck.