A couple of weeks ago we ventured up the hill to the town of Volcano to experience the phenomenom called Daffodil Hill. It was started many years ago by a simply farmer/ranchers wife who began her journey by planting a few bulbs. Each year she added more, separated others until she had more than 300,000 bulbs planted. As they emerge in the spring for their short life span it is like a river of gold flowing down the hillside, and fortunately for us the owners of the ranch as it stands today, have been kind enough to share it with the public.
Larry, Joe, myself along with Mary and Else made the trip, with picnic lunch in tow. It took us just under an hour to get there and when we did, there were a lot of other folks with the same idea. Although there were many people present it didn't feel overcrowded.
We had dressed Joey and Elsa in the Easter outfits and were going to attempt to take some photo's. I still haven't seen the end result, so am not sure if we got any good ones or not, but my optimism says we did especially in light of how many pictures we took.
The kids had a ball running up and down the paths, flirting with the mostly senior population in the area. Once we had sufficiently seen all the blooms on display we made our way down to the picnic grove for our lunch. We had simple fair - sandwiches, chips, cookies and soda pop and juice boxes. It made for a nice picnic.
After we finished we gathered our stuff and meandered over to the meadow to take a short siesta in the sun. It made for a wonderful outing for one and all and it was great to get a chance to hang out with Mary and Elsa.
As soon as I get copies of the photo's I'll post a couple for your viewing pleasure.
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