Cattuzzo-familyfun: FATHERS DAY 2011 !

Father's Day this year was nothing short of AWESOME !!! Mandy helped me choose places and things to do and, since Daddy is the only driver at our house, we just told him to get up and, our 1st stop was out for "Brunch" !!

After Brunch it was off to "Play" our 1st stop was to what Mandy calls "The Bridge" aka The Sun Dial Bridge to take a little walk around and of course walk the Bridge and look at the Beautiful Sacramento river.

it had been a long time since we'd been out there !! but it was GORGEOUS as usual !!!

The Bridge is constructed of planks that are "See Through" and, at night when the lights are on, the planks light up as well as the actual "Sun dial" , its a GORGEOUS site !!! it was quite warm, but still cool enough to enjoy the beautiful surroundings ! ENJOY the next few pics ......

Getting ready for our walk on the bridge and surrounding areas !! soon, the flowers and bushes will be all dead , I am glad we went out when we did !!

Happy Father's Day Daddy !!!!!!

ALL the flowers were so pretty!!! sad that soon they will all be dead when the heat gets really bad !! glad we saw them before the heat killed them all !!

There were a Bunch of ducks at the water's edge, and even some sweet babies too :)

After our time at the Sun Dial Bridge we decided to take another short drive up and check out the Lake and Shasta Dam.

Shortly after we arrived up by the Lake and were close by the Dam , Damian saw a Doe off in the distance. Not to "Spook" it, I started walking up so I could try and get a picture , I must have shot a BUNCH and, NOT pleased with the pics I had, I decided to go and see how much closer I could get to her, and get a better picture ! I was so excited, as I moved closer but, I must tell you as I got closer I started to get a little "Scared" not knowing what she would do if she realized I was walking towards her !! I have NEVER used my zoom lens before , to shoot something as beautiful and ALIVE , I am happy to say, I actually did it AND, the picture even came out ! lol

"Cropping" it, even made it better !!

After my exciting time with the deer, I decided to take some pictures of the Lake !! Its not been as full as it is, right now in quite some time , its GORGEOUS !!!!! The Dam was only letting a VERY little bit out , and the Snowy mountain in the background of some of the pictures is Mt. Shasta !!