Showing posts with label adventures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label adventures. Show all posts

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Seeing Summer, Together

I am really enjoying traveling the back roads, getting to see the country in summer with James. James is too. Road trips are our quiet time to just be together, getting out of the house and into life, away from getting stuck in our own heads. When I told his O/T about this, he mentioned they were good for James vestibular integration. Best of all, it's not impacted by COVID-19, as we do not get out of the car.


What started it all - going to "see the deer" at Deer Hill South.

We have been dealing with heightened anxiety behaviours at school, in public, and at home for over half a year now. The OCD touching things and incredible time it takes for him to go anywhere (out of his room, down the hall, into the car) have gotten a lot better. We are getting more into a routine of getting him back to doing chores and then doing something he enjoys, like going for a drive.




We make our drives into our own little games. I call it Discovering New Roads. James likes seeing "bonus" animals, such as skunks, possums, and bats for out night drives and quail, white egrets, hawks, cows, and coyotes on our day ones.



My "bonus" sightings are the beautiful countryside and nature:




Wednesday, February 06, 2019

Eureka Trip

For years, James has seen the signs on the freeways that show the miles to Eureka. "What is Eureka? "Where is Eureka?" "Can we go there in 30 minutes?"

Last weekend, after a very tough week, we hopped on 101 and found out, taking in the journey:


Deer mural in downtown Eureka

Two thousand + year-old tree, which fell finally in 2006

James in Eureka

Bears carved from a redwood tree, still attached to the trunk.

On Super Bowl Sunday, we drove through a giant redwood.

Pulling in the side mirrors ...

Inside the tree

Monday, July 13, 2015

Summer Stripes

James and I are hanging out at the Town Green while the vacuum cleaner runs at home. He enjoyed an ice cream cone and we are scripting from Basil of Baker Street and the Upside Down Show.




Professor Rattigan is a naughty rat, and fell out of a tree into the water. I am showing James how to pantomime ringing Mrs. Foyle's hand bell.

The afternoon shadows grow look long while we play and laugh.

And now, here come .... Lefty and Knuckles: Action Fingers! Good times!