We had been talking up going fishing to Max whenever we discussed our vacation. Since we had been to visit the Fish Hatchery it seemed like it would be time to go fishing. GranDon had brought two poles and his tackle box down from Oregon just for the occasion. I bought a day license and we headed to what I consider the perfect fishing place for a 5 year old: sharing the bank of the lake with a play structure and swingset.
Don thought Max would only be interested in fishing for less than 5 minutes, since Max had been so excited, I was thinking more like 10 minutes. Don baited the hook, cast the line and handed the pole to Max. We showed him how to slowly real in the line and explained to him about the fish pulling on the hook. He sat down on a rock and seemed content. I baited my hook, cast my line and sat next to him. At the 6 minute mark, Max decided he was done and went to play on the slides. I tried another 50 minutes or so, but caught nothing. It was very windy, so we decided to call it a day.
While we were fishing, Mom and Gran were putting together Max’s “Blue Group” scrap book. They got a number of pages done and it is looking good. Everyone took a break for a couple of hours and then Don and Camille came back over for dinner and more scrap booking.
Weezy’s spots are still there, but she continues to act unaffected. She only woke up 3 times last night.

We had big plans to do some hiking after visiting the Hot Creek Fish Hatchery. The place we wanted to hike to was listed as ‘an easy mile from Red Meadow’. We had no idea where Red Meadow is, so we were going to ask someone at the Fish Hatchery. Unfortunately, the Fish Hatchery was completely self-guided. There were no people to be found. We saw huge Rainbow Trout all crowded together in sections of a little stream. They had a little vending machine for fish food. When a bit of fish kibble was thrown in, the fish would swarm and look like a little riot. Max really enjoyed the Fish Hatchery. So we went to a park in Mammoth that a great play structure, swings (for both Weezy and Max) and a stream. We ate our late lunch there and played for over an hour. Then we came home, took naps, and got ready to go out again. But this time, Gran and GranDon stayed with the kids and Toby and I went on a dinner date to see Star Wars 3. We had a very relaxing date with some interesting conversation.
Weezy’s fever is gone, but now she is covered with little red dots, front and back. Actually, there were a few dots on her on Monday, but we thought that they were a mild reaction to having a fever. But by Tuesday morning, there are tons of red dots. Some are slightly raised, but most are flat. She doesn’t seem to mind them. They don’t appear to itch, and she seems relatively happy.
She is doing one thing though, she is banging her hands on the side of her head / her ears. Maybe she has an ear infection. But if she has the ear infection, I think she would be more uncomfortable more of the time. There was a lot of ear banging on Sunday night, but fewer and fewer in the days since, so we have basically ruled out ear infection. I am glad that we have eliminated this because according to the hospital in Mammoth, the only walk-in care is the emergency room. The Family Clinic is available by appointment only, and appointments can only be made during business hours.
Another suspicion is that it is the chickenpox, as a reaction to her vaccine she got about 2 weeks ago. But neither of us have heard of anyone getting full blown chickenpox from the vaccine so far after the vaccine. The warnings were all about redness, pain, swelling in the area surrounding the shot, and occurring right away. We did some research on the internet, and Toby discovered a disease that seems to match her symptoms nearly perfectly.
Roseola generally has 3 days of fever (Weezy had at least 2 days, she could have had the fever while we were driving, and we didn’t notice it) followed by spots on the neck and trunk. The website we looked at also mentioned ear pain and diarreha, which she also has. According to the website, Roseola has no treatment, and should generally run its course on its own. So, it seems the mystery is solved.

When we went to Mammoth on Sunday, we saw that there were tons of Memorial Day / End of Season sales. Having Max and Weezy with us did not lend itself to easy shopping, so we decided to wait. On Monday, Toby went back to Mammoth specifically for the sales. I got a pair of snow gloves and a waterproof jacket and Toby got a waterproof jacket for less than $100. Such a deal!

Max and I climbed high on the hill behind our Inn again. I used the ‘panorama’ function on my camera for the first time. I hope I did it right. He loves to ‘explore’ up there.

Baby’s fever seems to have cleared up. She is back to her normal, happy self, with one exception. She is still waking up in 3 times in the middle of the night. I hope that the people next door can’t hear her. We can’t hear anyone, but there is a great difference between hearing normal daily life, and hearing a baby crying at 1:30a.

9:30a – Continental Breakfast at the Inn. Max had too much hot cocoa and blueberry mini-muffins. He is bouncing off the walls. We are headed out to the local park.

5:15p – It is very windy and very cold up here outside. We walked to the park and Max had a great time. He was very successful on the swing slide thing. Even baby had a good time in the little diaper swings. Then Toby had to leave because both toilets (women and men) were out of order. She refused my suggestion of backing into the urinal. Max and I hung out at the local marina, checking out the rental boats and the fishermen cleaning their catch. We munched on Tootsie Rolls and dropped rocks on the Carp.
For lunch we decided to check out Mammoth. They were having a Memorial Day festival and had some trampolines with bungie harnesses. Max wanted to try them out, which was a surprise because he is normally pretty cautious about those sorts of things. We waited in line for about an hour for his 5 minute bounce. He really wanted to do a flip and worked hard for most of the time. He finally made it all the way around just a few bounces before his time was up. What a proud father I am.
Weezy is not doing well, though. She has a fever and is a bit lethargic. We are pumping her with Motrin and Tylenol on a regular basis. Hopefully, it is just a temporary teething thing and she is not really too sick.

7:15a (the next day) – Night 2 of Weezy not sleeping all the way through. She woke up 3 times and then was done sleeping at 5:50a. Max and I are going on another hike to let the womenfolk sleep this morning.

We aimed to leave our house by 7:30a. We left Carpinteria before 8:00a. Not bad. We had a couple of small slip ups on the trip up. I missed the 126 in Ventura (I guess I thought I was going to work), and Toby got on the 14 South (instead of North) after a potty break at San Fernando Road. Not that big of a deal.

At Noon, we stopped for lunch in Lone Pine. At first it seemed like there was only a Carl’s Jr. in Lone Pine. That would have been bad. Toby is boycotting Carl’s Jr. due to the Paris Hilton commercial that they are running (she saw it during Americal Idol, when all the 9 yr olds were watching). Luckily, at the end of Lone Pine there was a McDonald’s. There also was a wonderful park. We spent about an hour in the park, eating lunch, playing on the playground, exploring the creek, eating grass (Weezy, did you guess?). It was a *great* way to break up the trip.

After 401 miles, we arrived in June Lake. The scenery around here is gorgeous. There are snow capped nountains all around us. The Heidelburg Inn is great as well. Toby upgraded us to a 2 bedroom, and she seems very pleased (which is good for everyone).

Don and Camille made the trip via motorhome from Portland, OR to June Lake in a leisurely 6 days. We are about a 5 minute walk from the RV park where they are staying. And, best of all…

…cable in the room!!!