Strawberry Field Trip

The bounty awaits
Originally uploaded by petemorris.

Another week, more family fun, and more photos. Saturday was the usual busy spring fare, with T-ball and music class for Everett and ice skating for Tony--as well as the always popular tree-mulching party down in El Segundo. Then it was an afternoon of chores around the house, with Audrey especially working hard to get all the silent auction items for Tony's school entered into the computer catalog. Today offered something new, with a trip down the 405 to Irvine and the Tanaka strawberry farm. Organized through Tony's cub scout pack, the trip included a tractor-pulled tour through the Tanaka produce fields, with samples of peas, carrots, and other fruits and vegetables along the way. The highlight, of course, was a 15-minute free-for-all picking and eating all the field-fresh strawberries we wanted. Then, back at the start, both boys received packed containers of even more strawberries: quite the bounty. Since nothing goes with strawberries quite so well as beer, we concluded the day with an early dinner down the road at the Steelhead Brewing Company, which is across the street from UCI. The beer, quite frankly, was mediocre at best, but the pizzas were quite good and so was the boys' root beer. A good day all around, and we are eager to return this summer for the watermelon tour! As always, there are plenty more pictures at our Flickr site. And I just can't resist adding another action sequence below: