Michelle joins us for her first ever camping
trip! |
Amy's getting everything organized in her giant
tent. |
Tracy & Kady are just
chillin'. |
Yummy malt flavoured beverages! |
Our first hike around the campground - it's
getting dark and we don't have any lights, though. oops! |
Yeah, Cosmopolitans! We really know how to camp
in style! |
I don't know what Amy is doing with that
mayonnaise.... |
Kady cannot stress enough the importance of
clean hands. |
Michelle is very funny! |
These girls can't stop laughing - I'm sure it
has nothing to do with the cosmos! |
Kady has confiscated my headlamp and Amy is
cooking "banana splits". |
Really, you've got to watch out for Kady. |
Don't those banana splits look like fun to
make? |
Amy is trying to cook, but I am distracting
her. |
Now Kady is just getting
belligerent. |
Ooops!!! Amy cooked a knife with that
banana! |
Good morning sunshine! |
Amy & Tracy making sure we all ate like
queens. |
Fed, we are ready for a nice, easy, hike. The
trail guide said it would only have a 300 foot elevation gain, and would be
mostly shaded. |
We're doing pretty good - this is Michelle's
first hike! |
A tree fell in the woods ... |
Breaking for water - we don't know that we are
actually going in the wrong direction. |
A nice leisurely hike.... |
Ok, I'm having a difficult time trying to figure
out which way Tan Oak Trail is. Three signs point 3 different ways!!! |
Kady takes the map away from me so she and Amy
can figure out where we are. I've lost guide privileges. |
Finally we make it the Miller Home site. |
This turn of the century home is now in
ruins. |
Kady & Michelle are checking things
out. |
A short rest. |
Amy wants to be different and climb over
the pole, instead of under.... |
Amy falls.... |
Kady has found the Loop Trail! We decide to
continue on the hike... |
and enter the desert portion of the hike... |
Wow, it's really hot up here ...
since we've already climbed over 700 feet. |
The views are wonderful! |
The girls are still smiling, though I believe
they are plotting my death for taking them on this insane hike. |
How about some descent to round out
that 1600 foot ascent we've done? Gee, is that the shady path the trail book
mentioned... |
Amy Hays - get it? Ha ha! Right. About this
point, we are all getting cranky, so the camera gets put away. |
Nothing a rousing game of Uno can't make feel
better! |
Tracy & Amy chilling by the fire. |
Kady preparing to deal an ultra competitive game
of golf. |
Tracy uses her 40 ouncer to transform into
T-Dog. |
Pikachu & FancyPants... (Yes,
the more we drank, the more nicknames we had...) |
Kady steals my headlamp again to go fetch beer.
Very important task! |
Yo. |
Kady is again out of control with the
headlamp! |
Awwww, isn't she cute?!?! |
Beer. Serious business. |
Kady wants her Jiffy Pop, and she wants it
now!!! Regardless of the fact that it is well after quiet hours... |
She's so proud of herself. |
Amy cooking another gourmet breakfast!
Yum! |
Pikachu is perky as ever! |
We left the woods to go wine tasting. |
We drank all of our booze, so we had to restock
while we were out. |
A male white fallow deer, descendant of deers
donated to the park by William Randolph Hearst
in 1932. |
Some girl white fallow deer. |
They love to eat bananas! |
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Our campsite. |
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