A few weeks ago we headed out to Dome Rock (in the middle of nowhere) and did some camping and climbing. It was a pretty short trip, but pretty fun overall. Here are some photos:
The Needles in the background - due to fires we couldn't hike over there...sad day!
Getting the kids ready for bed
The morning was gorgeous!
We very much appreciate this sign
Dome Rock - this is what we climbed
The population of this town: 1 1/2 - how does that even work??
So, this is way old, but my mom still wanted me to blog about it. We took Emily on her 1st campout awhile back on June 10th. We went with our friends Bennet, Gwyne and their baby Adaline (about 2 weeks younger than Emily). We headed to Holcomb Valley up by Big Bear Lake and did some climbing on our own before the scouts got there (the reason for the campout). We even invested in a family tent so we could finally all sleep in the same one - Danny used to be in his own! Anyway, here are some photos:
In mid January we were invited to go camping in Joshua tree with our friends Bennett and Gwynne (who is also pregnant,and due just a few days before me). We had a wonderful time together!! The camping was awesome, and we enjoyed some fabulous brownies (we had to stick to the edges though...), hiked around some old mines and did some climbing. Here are some pictures!
Danny loves the fire! He watched intently as Bennett made the morning pancakes.
My boy is a rugged boy!
An old miner's home
The two prego ladies
Exploring an old mine. It was so fun!
Bennett & Gwynne
Here are some pretty pictures I took while we were climbing. I love J-Tree!
And can't finish without a cute picture of my Danny boy!
I'm playing major catch-up here. We headed to New Jack City (about an hour north east) for Kenneth's 4 day weekend in mid November. We actually headed to Joshua Tree first, but after finding zero campsites, we headed to New Jack City instead. New Jack City is fabulous because there are very few people there - which means open camp grounds, and open climbing areas - and it doesn't cost anything to get in. So, for those of you who want to join us on a fun camping/climbing adventure, please let us know! Anyway, here are some photos:
It was SO bright! Danny loved to slide down all these rocks :)
Monday was our last day in Yosemite. We packed up camp and headed back to Yosemite Valley to go rock climbing one last time. We first stop by to take some last shots of Half Dome.
Me and Danny in front of Half Dome. He was really excited and couldn't decide what to point at.
Danny Picking his nose in front of Half Dome
Slack Line being set up on Lost Arrow Spire (click to enlarge). The line will go between the tower over to the main mountain on the right. Yes, someone is going to walk across that!
We headed to a place called Swan Slab to go climbing. I liked this area much better than the first place.
Kenny climbing
Me climbing
...again...
My first trad lead!
Danny napping - apparently he's going to rot out his teeth, becauase that is a bottle of juice he is sucking on while sleeping.
Here we are leaving Yosemite. We wanted to document Danny's dirty face. It looked much worse in person!
Danny's dirty face in the care on the way home
Here is a really fun video from our ride home. My boy loves to sing. I love it!
