A post about redwoods and my fancy flower.
Roaring Camp up in the Santa Cruz mountains is a tourist spot for doing old timey activities like riding steam trains. They blow out extra water/steam once in awhile to remove build up inside the machinery.
Totally open cars let you enjoy the redwoods on the trip. The conductor gives history, stories, and train info.
At the top of the mountain you stop for 15 minutes then head back the way you came.
Panning for gold. Way harder than you think it is from watching it on tv, ask the guy for help to make sure you get your gold flakes. Our little guy is super obsessed with treasure so we did this activity twice. He also has a rock collection, so we picked out a 'few' of the nicer tiny pebbles we came across. I remember loving my rock collection-why are they so fascinating to kids?
The blacksmith was working on the day we visited. Our whole group watched the metal heat and cool, being shaped by the blacksmith for about 30 minutes.
The folks are super friendly and willing to chat. I thought the whole trip might just be the train, but we easily spent the morning and would have no problem making it a whole day.
Great way to spend a few hours with family and friends.
Back at home...
I love my fancy night blooming flower!
Each flower blooms for one night.
This year I missed the bulk of the flowers
but luckily got to see (and smell!) the second batch.
Just starting to open
about an hour later
Next morning
Love these guys!!
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