Mushroom hunting and new friends

Thomas and I are part of a cool community called Couch Surfing. Since we won't be doing much travel this year and next we decided to make friends from around the world by inviting them to stay with us. In November we hosted our first CS friends, Wendy and Gary. They came to visit for Thanksgiving week and stayed with us for a few days. Gary and Wendy are a fantastic couple. On their first day visiting Sonoma County we took them for a late afternoon hike at Shiloh Park. (Following 4 Pictures taken by Wendy)

While the were with us we introduced them to Salvadorean food and curing olives and they showed us how to play Catan.


Who knew you could have fun with wood and sheep.

It was a fabulous time. Thank you G & W, hope to visit you some day in West Virginia.


In November we also attended our first mushroom foray with the local SOMA group. We brought Kayla along for the fun.


She was the only kid in the group that day and you could hear her kid voice in the forest every time she found a mushroom. Mushroom! Mushroom! Mushroom! Thomas I see a Mushroom!

There were so many great happenings that day. We learned to identify wild edible mushrooms, we played with Kayla in the forest, we made some great new friends, we ate some fantastic food and most of all we enjoyed abundant generosity. The folks at SOMA shared their knowledge and hunt with all who attended. Thank you guys and gals!