Monday, March 29, 2010

Redwood Rabbit

At Easter-time, the local newspaper hides four eggs, each filled with $1000 worth of local gift certificates, in different areas on the northcoast. As far as I know they have done this for quite a few years, but I have never participated. This year, though, I have caught the fever. Based on the daily clues, we narrowed it down to the paved dog trail at Sequoia Park. So, this morning we packed up a backpack full of snacks, water and the ergo (just in case Walter got tired) and headed out on our hunt.














We even packed the kids' headlamps so they could look in all the crevices. They had a blast! We were out there for almost 2 hours.














Refueling. Look at how dirty they got!




























Walter was climbing up a stump to check for the egg.














In searching for the egg, Olivia started stepping on all the clovers. I told her to stop because that is where the Leprechauns live. From then on we started hunting Leprechauns, too. This is a picture of Olivia checking out a hole in a stump to see if it was the entrance to the underground Leprechaun village.














So, no luck today. But, maybe tomorrow's clue will help. We are heading out again in the morning.

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