First Adventure to Angel Island

Here is the favorite picture from this past weekend's trip to Angel Island. It was quite a bit misty that day, which proved to be ideal for hiking up to the top. While many of the views were obscured by fog, we had fun trekking upward with a few pitstops to look at forget-me-nots or singing songs. Yes, we sang songs on the hike. Hopefully, Lily had a good birthday trip and the second day of island camping was much drier than the previous day.

See pictures from the hike up Mt. Livermore at: Flickr Album of Angel Island trip

When the Immigration Station is done being remodeled, I want to make another trip out and take a different hike. It sounds potentially daunting to do 4.5 miles in 4.5 hours, but breaking it down, it's not so bad. It also helps that Jen, a friend of Lily's is 8 months pregnant and makes me feel better about being a slow hiker. Though the best part is that there weren't steep inclines, which is always a bonus for everyone.

Right Ear, Left Ear... Time to Harvest Them All!

Late Saturday, we came home from spending a day on Angel Island... more on that trip in a second. So upon return home, I saw that the ears grew. Again, I thought it was enough of a roll underneath to snip. Scissor trim to the right and to the left, and we've got a harvest! I left the nose, because it wasn't ready. It turns out that I may be trimmed a bit too early. Sigh. The nose got huge by Monday and will be the ripest Shelby 'Shroom. The block is currently resting for a couple of weeks before I dunk her for a day and start the spritzing all over again. My next few updates on Shelby 'Shroom will be more condensed as there isn't too much change going on anymore.

Future batches are supposed to yield more mushrooms. It supposedly isn't uncommon to have large 'shrooms or a bunch of little ones the first time around. The Web site for the company is www.fungi.com. Under their indoor mushroom kit, there's a video of the growth cycle. It's pretty cool. Hopefully, my block will be covered in 'shrooms one day and not just two ears and a nose.

Snip Snip.













Basket of the Harvest.