Sunday, May 22, 2011

Public Transit

This past week Dad and I went up to spend the night Wednesday after he got off work.  The plan was to just ride the bus around on Thursday to see how it worked and where it went.  It was quite the adventure.  First on Wednesday when we got there we set up my "new" (which is actually my old) mattress and checked on the bees.  I actually got pretty close to the bees and didn't die!  I was really cool to see all the bees and they had wasted no time making a comb off the queen box.  I chewed on some beeswax and talked to our neighboring horses.  The horse are drop dead gorgeous! 










Thursday morning we woke up around 6am and caught the bus in Oroville at 6:50 heading to Chico.  Got to Chico about 7:40 and went to a horrible (no joke) breakfast at this place called Jack's.  Never eat there.  Never!  We couldn't even choke it down...and I had pancakes (how do you screw up pancakes that bad?)!  At 8:50 we caught the bus back down to Oroville, hopped on the Olive Highway route 25/26 bus and rode around for a while.  We found out the bus stops right in front of the casino and in the parking lot at the Lakeside Store.  We also found out parts of town to stay away from, where to eat, and that the Wagon Wheel is supposed to have an incredible deli. 

By this time we were starving from lack of a decent breakfast and headed back to Bangor for burgers.  After lunch we fed the bees and I hungout with the horses.  That concludes our adventure for the time being, until next time!







Release the Bees!

Last week the Sacramento Bee Store called to let my dad know the three pounds of bees he ordered were ready for pick up.  "Unfortunately", he had to pick them up on Friday which was not one of my days off.  So I went to work and Mom and Dad went to pick the bees up and set them up in their new hive at Hobble Rock Ranch.  It is kind of funny since it was Friday the 13th of May...so many possibiilties for unfortunate events.  

When I got off work and got home I got a call from Mom and Dad to let me know they were just starting to "Release the Bees".  Although there is part of me that is truly excited about this event, there is a larger part of me saying "Run!  Run for your life!" since I have an irrational fear of bees.  No, really I am excited to learn to keep bees, harvest honey and market the products.