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Name: Pat
Gender: Female
Status: Married
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Religion: Christian/Protestant
Location:
Orosi, California
United States
School:
I gratuated many years ago with a teaching credential and continued my education with pursuing a Masters Degree in special education.
Work:
I was a stay at home mom during the majority of our 2 boys younger years and joined the teaching force for about 11 years
some part time and most full time. I enjoyed 2nd grade the most.
Hometown(s):
Although I was born in Visalia, CA , I lived most of my younger years in El Monte, CA and after marriage lived 30+ years in San Diego, CA. I have now moved back to the vicinity of Visalia.
Quote:
"A hard lesson is not easily forgotten." -Pat Brown "Don't let grief hide God's purpose." -Drew Laird (taken to be with God at the age of 25)
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I retired early, left San Diego, CA and moved up to central CA to live on my grandparents property with my sis & her husband. My husband & I want to travel without obligations such as a home etc to tie us down. We help out around the ranch, trimming trees, fixing fences, and hosting 'family camps'. These are groups of people (usually church groups) who come up for the weekend (usually in the spring). We have set menus & some optional activities for the group and for a small fee families enjoy the hills of central CA on a cow/calf ranch (usually for a weekend).

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I absolutely love to quilt. Next in line would be gardening; of which my sis & I have created a 20 x 40 ft. garden this spring.
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Women's Campout 2008

Fri., July 25, 2008

Got back yesterday from camping with 8 other women.  This is an annual event that my sis & I do each year during the summer.  We started with just the two of us and decided that we wanted to share the experience with others.  Ten years later and we are having to limit the number of women who can come.  What a great time.  We camped out in Mineral King at Cold Springs Campground.  This campground is on the east fork of the Kaweah river and had an enormous amount of rushing water in it.  We enjoyed the sound the entire time we were there.  The campground is known for its marmot problem but we escaped any damage to our cars.  We also had the priviledge of seeing a young buck & doe grazing through one of the two camp sites we occupied.  A mother grouse stopped by with her youngins a couple of times which was very exciting because she stayed a few minutes letting some of her dawdlers catch up to her.  We ate, played a ton of games, read, napped, and took beautiful walks/hikes.  The weather was colder at night than we expected (down to the mid 30's) and the first night none of us slept much.  By the second night we had layered our clothing and pulled out any extra blankets and sleeping bags we had with us.  We slept toasty warm for the other two nights.  Mineral King does play home to a small young grove of the giant Sequoias and that was a treat for one of my friends to see.  She's planning on coming back so that I can take her up to the actual giant Sequoia forest where the really big trees are.  And among the many wonders that I could comment on I want to let you know just how good God really is.   While driving up a 25 mi. road that takes 1 1/2 hrs. I started smelling something car-like.  After checking all instruments and car-like brake area I continued on.  I did smell the same thing coming down the mountain four days later but again continued on after checking what I could.  When I got home my very capable husband checked out the van and found a 4 in. crack in the radiator!  And with what that could have meant in this remote camping area I am very grateful to God for his protection!  Amen, amen, amen.

Added: July 28, 2008
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jen43
jen43 says:

Have a super weekend.......Jen
Posted: August 29, 2008 12:04PM EDT
jen43
jen43 says:

Pat, Love the photos from the trip, the water looks wonderful !.......Jen
Posted: August 1, 2008 11:45AM EDT
quilting4me
quilting4me says:
Thanks Jen; We took a 2 mi. hike and saw many flowers, birds, butterflies, and of course, we had the water next to us for most of it. I'm trying to convince my Bob to go back & camp there in Aug. with just the two of us. I'm hoping the water level is still up; which isn't typical for this area
Posted: August 1, 2008 4:29PM EDT
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