LA County Fair

Well, it is finally almost here, Fall is just right around the corner. In Southern California, the leaves may not be changing but the LA County Fair is happening for almost the entire month of September. This gives at least me the sense of Fall is just right around the corner. It doesn't quite have the feel of the Aspen turning in Colorado but hey when the leaves turn here around January it at least gives the sense of the seasons changing.

We had a great time at the Fair. It is an annual event for the family, which is dwindling as our older children are working and no longer attend with us. We buy our kettle corn, cotton candy, honey stix, view all the animals, milk a goat, and of course ride the rides.

Another traditional Fall event for the family is our annual pilgrimmage to Apple Country in Oak Glen. I can't wait to get back up there with the family buy a fresh crop of apples, apple cider, and of course a fresh baked apple pie from Laws.

Tomorrow, it will be a hike up to Hoegees Campground for Josiah's Eagle Project.

Vigil

I had a great time this past weekend. I spent Friday through Sunday at Holcombe Valley Scout Ranch near Big Bear, California.

We had our OA Fellowship there. On Saturday evening, our Lodge, Ta Tanka had it's Vigil Ceremony. This was a proud moment for me as a Father because my son, Josiah, was inducted as a Vigil Honor in Order of the Arrow! This is quite an honor as a scout because one must be selected by his fellow peers in the Order of the Arrow, Boy Scouts National Honor Society. It has been a great scouting summer for Josiah, Philmont, Cub Camp at Cherry Valley on Catalina, and now Vigil Honor. He is a "young" Vigil by being inducted when he was 15! Me, I was 48 when I was inducted.