It's Friday ----

And I'm tired! It's been a busy week. Today we took a look at where a fifth house may be permitted. It's just a few miles back into the hills from the MDS site. These people have a spectacular view from where their house was (and where the new house will be). It hasn't been through all of the permit process yet, so we'll have to wait to see if it transpires.


This little orange tree sits right in the middle of the drive entering the MDS site. It's just loaded with blossoms. You can smell it throughout the whole camp! There have been 4-5 little hummingbirds buzzing around it most of the day. We think they are black-chinned hummingbirds... You can occasionally get a glimpse of their purple throats as they flit by.

We sat and watched them this noon while sitting out on the deck waiting for Forry and Kerry to bring back the pizza that is the closing tradition for this MDS crew.

This afternoon we went to the San Diego airport with one of the fellows to pick up our cooks for the next two weeks who came in from Phileadelphia. The couple has cooked for many camps. We took them out to dinner with us at the little diner a couple of miles down the road from us and had an enjoyable visit.