Ashland with the Machala's

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One of the best couchsurfing experiences I've ever had, if not The Best. Staying with the Machala family has been a busy, loving, and fun filled experience. From homemade meals, to kiddy and kitty love, to tons of sunshine, I have been having full 12+ hr days. One day in the life of the Machala's feels like a week chalked full of enjoyable activities. I also feel I've been in boot camp just trying to keep up with them all. It's been an adventure filled with ladies nights, hot springs, live shows, early morning runs, snowboarding, mushrooming, lots of cooking and family dinners, crafts, snuggling, lake swims, canoeing, dancing, and getting to soak up the beauty and laughter of family life. Such great memories here it's hard to say goodbye... Until I see them again... because I may have convinced them to join me at the Sasquatch Festival in the end of May 😉

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Photos

Machala House
100 yr old house with 5 chickens, 2 cats, 2 children, 2 couchsurfers, a tree house, and a pear tree.. haha ok not really a pear tree but a vegetable garden!

the guest room
my abode for the week

Mt. Shasta
last weekend of the season. went up for the day to snowboard with Margaret

safety first
first time in 28 years i've ever worn a helmet on the mountain. i lasted about half the day with it

the snow team
(left to right)
Margaret, Kim, Daniel (9), Tara (5)

view from mtn top
borrowed everything for the day from the ski clothes to the helmet, board, and boots. such a lucky lady. had a great day

Mushroom Class
i took a 4 hour workshop on cultivating your own mushrooms with Mycologist Cameron Meeks from Myriad Mushroom. Such a great class!

inoculation
preparing to inoculate oyster mushrooms

powertools
Cam you'd of been proud. "in-de-pend-ent WO-Man!" using powertools to inoculate a log with Rishi mushrooms

oyster mushrooms
spores

Reishi Mushrooms
log inoculation

Kendra's
Kendra Machala 6 yrs old. Kendra Romer 28 yrs old. we have a lot in common

Simon & Kendra
Sunday funday with me. Homemade blueberry pancakes and bacon, paper airplanes for everyone, and a walk into town to fly them and have an adventure. I'd say I won them over

canoeing
I went canoeing with Mark and Simon. Simon was not so excited about getting on board, but once in and off to an island, he loved it. Emigrant Lake

Emigrant Lake
swimming, boating, camping.

Sunday Evening dinner
backyard dinner on a lovely spring evening

oooooo
popsicle time

paper aeroplanes
Kendra and I made 19 paper airplanes before school Monday morning so everyone in her class had one with their very own name on it. Awesome.

body painting time
kendra's mad skills with body paint

Comments

[cam]

agwwhhh!!!!
Thats pretty frightening?!!

[AMY D]

Radical
Soaking up the good stuff, I see, K. Keep 'er comin. . . . xoxo A