I was just thinking about back in the day when people would take slide film on their vacations and then have friends come over and make them sit through a slide show of their trip. At least here you can skim what you want and come back to it if you cannot sit through an entire post.
Yosemite was BEAUTIFUL! Absolutely breathtakingly gorgeous! A neighbor of ours says May (around Mother's Day) is the best time to go because the waterfalls are flowing after the melting of the snow. We only got to see two waterfalls flowing and they were so beautiful albeit there was obviously not as much water as normal. BUT the fall COLORS... I kept thinking "If we were here in May we would be seeing water but missing out on this [the amazing colors]". I guess we will just have to go again. It was so fun camping with Ilene, Jay and little Andrew. We had our radios on so even though we were in separate cars we could still carry on a conversation (isn't that right Kilo Echo 7 Romeo India Lima).
People kept telling us to watch out for the bears and don't feed the bears. The bear boxes are the absolutely ONLY place you can store food (other than your tummy). If not properly latched, you will get scavengers.
These boy were never happier than when we finally put them down to let them crawl in the dirt.
And talk about yummy food. Doesn't everything taste better when you are camping? Instead of going through our whole menu... here's a sample- pork chops and stuffing with a dijon apricot sauce and topped with peaches . Baked in the dutch oven. OH Yum!!!
The kids had a GREAT time. I think Luke slept better in that tent and sleeping bag than he has for a while. Allie and Aunt Ilene (why don't we have a photo of Ilene?) found a baby tarantula nearly dead while washing dishes.
And other than crying because they were cold or whining because they wanted to be carried or pushed in the stroller on any of our hikes we had a great time with them. You should have seen the looks and laughs as we pushed the double jogger 0.8 miles UP HILL to Vernal Falls. Not one person passed without commenting. It was hilarious and quite a workout. We decided to make them walk when we read the Sequoia grove was 1 mile down a steep trail. Turned out to be a gentle slopping WIDE paved single lane road. Perfect for a stroller. ugh.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Yosemite
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9 comments:
Fabulous, absolutely fabulous! Did you really drop Jason of at work on your way home? Jenny
wow, once again amazing pictures. I would like a picture or two of my niece and nephews for to hang in my bedroom.
Absolutely gorgeous pictures of fabulous scenery. I've only been there in the dead of winter with snow covering everything. The kids look like they had so much fun and Andrew and Wesley appeared to be having a ball together. The food looked wonderful- let's do Dutch oven when we're together next summer somewhere! MOM
Those tree pictures are really pretty. And I love Andrew and Wesley crawling around in the dirt! But it seems like I thought your truck was white...am I losing my mind?
The truck is black, the car is white. Must have been those pregnant eyes of yours... :)
Kilo echo 5 mike sierra x-ray, it's great to see these pictures! Romeo that on going during fall colors. We may steal a couple of the photos from your blog to post on our blog. We still need to upload them from our camera! You could call us sierra lima alpha charlie kilo echo romeo sierra.
great photography, thanks for posting them! I love the way you just go for it with the kids! an the food sounded fab!
awesome post, i love the beautiful photos. my favorite one is of all the kids in the truck. i am going to have to make it out to yosemite someday!
Amazing trip and photos. What an adventure and gourmet cooking in the dutch oven. You guys amaze me.
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