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| Play ball! It was all fun and games until P's buddy hit a line drive right to her eye! |
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| Food is always a highlight for camping! Tri-tip tacos, homemade rice, and beans the first night. |
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| Having fun on the shuttle bus ride. |
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| What trees? The balance beam was a hit! |
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| RT looking up through the trees... |
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| Quick! Take the picture! P was not having her picture taken for nothing! |
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| Taking a break in the cool granite cliffs. The mosquitoes were fierce! |
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| The Cragheads on a crag! |
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| Poor Daddy had to CARRY her the whole way back. |
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| Look at the size of these! |
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| Yikes! A bear on the loose! |
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| Throwing some blueberry pancakes on the griddle. |
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| She's a cool rider! |
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| The mommies take a much-needed break. |
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| Our little home away from home. |
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| The last possible moment of our trip with both kids unhappy and crying like banshees! |
We've been pretty good so far this year staying on top of our camping trips and making reservations early enough in the year. This trip took us back into the valley to drop off Jannu at my folks' house, hang out with my parents for an evening and then mosy on up to Sequoia National Park at the Lodgepole campground. Honestly, I can't remember the last time I was up there. I know that from photo documentation it was circa 1998--so 15 years ago?
Anyway, I couldn't wait to take P to see the big trees. I kept building it up saying how humongous the trees were that she couldn't even wrap her arms around them. She was excited to go. But, as you all know, camping takes A LOT of effort. We left on a Thursday evening, which makes it tough to get ready throughout the week. Packing, loading, chopping, shopping--it sucks! Once you're there, though, it's so worth it and so relaxing.
