Mono Lake was the first stop on our long-weekend Eastern Sierra trip.
We met Ian and Annie at Tioga Toomey's Whoa Nellie Deli for incredible ribs and steak caesar salad.
Then we drove into Devil's Postpile National Monument and set up our campsite by the river.
We also took a hike up to Shadow Lake. . .about an 8 mile roundtrip hike.
We made it to Shadow Lake and stopped for lunch.
We met up with Meg, Danny and the kids and Brad got in a little bit of fishing with Gavin.
Ian and Annie decided it was hot enough to take a brisk dip in the river. . .this little girl wasn't so sure about that.
An overview of our campsite.
Gavin and Coco liked Dutch oven cooking. . .chicken and rice with gravy.
After dinner, Danny helped Gavin with his marshmallow roasting skills.
Gavin woke up the next morning and changed in the car. . .it got down into the 40's at night.
Annie and Gavin enjoyed a cup of hot chocolate together in the morning.
We met new friends from Berlin, Germany and shared a Dutch oven breakfast of eggs, hashed browns, bacon, and cheese, called Mountain Man Breakfast.
Then it was off to some hot springs for a little bit of a swim.
Parts of the river were pretty cold but they were warmed by the hot springs coming up out of the sand in the river.
On our way back down into Devil's Postpile, we ran into Jim and his girls, Tat, Ne and Tica and Ne's friend, Jay, returning from a hike. We drove them back to their condo in Mammoth as it was pretty crowded for them to take the bus out of the valley.
Coco and Gavin enjoyed the Junior Ranger program at the camp.
One part of the Junior Ranger program requires that the kids take a hike - so we all took a hike to Devil's Postpile.
Finally, after Grandma and Grandpa helped Gavin and Coco answer some of the questions in their Junior Ranger books, the kids took the Junior Ranger pledge and became official Junior Rangers.
After 3 days of living in the dirt, Coco was ready to put on her blue muu muu and relax in an air conditioned car. Thanks Ian and Annie, and Meg and Danny - it was a fun trip.
Mono Lake was the first stop on our long-weekend Eastern Sierra trip.
We met Ian and Annie at Tioga Toomey's Whoa Nellie Deli for incredible ribs and steak caesar salad.
Then we drove into Devil's Postpile National Monument and set up our campsite by the river.
We also took a hike up to Shadow Lake. . .about an 8 mile roundtrip hike.
We made it to Shadow Lake and stopped for lunch.
We met up with Meg, Danny and the kids and Brad got in a little bit of fishing with Gavin.
Ian and Annie decided it was hot enough to take a brisk dip in the river. . .this little girl wasn't so sure about that.
An overview of our campsite.
Gavin and Coco liked Dutch oven cooking. . .chicken and rice with gravy.
After dinner, Danny helped Gavin with his marshmallow roasting skills.
Gavin woke up the next morning and changed in the car. . .it got down into the 40's at night.
Annie and Gavin enjoyed a cup of hot chocolate together in the morning.
We met new friends from Berlin, Germany and shared a Dutch oven breakfast of eggs, hashed browns, bacon, and cheese, called Mountain Man Breakfast.
Then it was off to some hot springs for a little bit of a swim.
Parts of the river were pretty cold but they were warmed by the hot springs coming up out of the sand in the river.
On our way back down into Devil's Postpile, we ran into Jim and his girls, Tat, Ne and Tica and Ne's friend, Jay, returning from a hike. We drove them back to their condo in Mammoth as it was pretty crowded for them to take the bus out of the valley.
Coco and Gavin enjoyed the Junior Ranger program at the camp.
One part of the Junior Ranger program requires that the kids take a hike - so we all took a hike to Devil's Postpile.
Finally, after Grandma and Grandpa helped Gavin and Coco answer some of the questions in their Junior Ranger books, the kids took the Junior Ranger pledge and became official Junior Rangers.
After 3 days of living in the dirt, Coco was ready to put on her blue muu muu and relax in an air conditioned car. Thanks Ian and Annie, and Meg and Danny - it was a fun trip.
2 comments:
Gee. . .I wonder who that little girl by the river was????Looks like a fun family weekend.
another generation of junior rangers!!!
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