The California Adventure July 22nd to Aug 4th

Day 13: Crystal Caves, The Sherman & Hume Lake

2007-08-03T13:36:00.001-07:00

Day 13: We had a great morning when we woke to the boys cooking pancakes. They crushed up chocolate so Hilary and Taylor could have some Chocolate pancakes (aren't they so cute!). Then we drove to Crystal caves for a tour. After the cave we wlaked through a tunnel log to get to the world's largest living thing: The General Sherman Tree (A sequoia). We returned to camp for lunchg and we are planning to go to Hume lake after lunch . . . (to be continued)

Day 12: Sequoia Hike and Big Booty

2007-08-03T13:22:00.000-07:00

Day 12: We woke up and took an all day hike in Sequoia National park. On the hike we saw a bear, did soem gold panning and swam a little. The night we all played a game called Big Booty (Not as bad as it sounds)

Day 11 - Movies and Sequoia Nat'l Park

2007-08-02T12:17:00.001-07:00

Day 11: We survived the night at the haunted ranch and packed up and headed to Fresno. We stopped to see a movie and the boys found a group a girls giving free hugs (notice how the group of girls grows and grows to hug our cute campers). After the movie we drove up into Sequoia Nat'l park and set up camp.

Day 10 - Charades and Ghost Hunting

2007-08-02T12:08:00.001-07:00

Day 10: (Night) You woudl think that people would have been tired after our 5 mile hike but everyone had enough energy for a game of charades and a late night ghost hunt at our haunted ranch. We explored soem of the most haunted places and caught two mysterious pictures (The 3rd and 4th picture below). No-one was too scared!

Day 10: Taft Point and Glacer Point Hike

2007-07-31T20:18:00.000-07:00

Day 10: we hiked 5 miles through Taft point to Glacier point. It took 4 hours.

Day 9: All Day Yosemite

2007-07-31T18:59:00.001-07:00

Day 9: Last night we made some balloon animals and ate s'mores. This morning we woke and biked in Yosemite Valley over some bridges, past a creek and through some spectaclur scenery. After the bike we went to Housekeeping camp to enjoy teh river (of course people got throw in again!). After we returned to camp we had hotdogs over the fire and went to a sunset ranger lead hike to Glacier point.

Day 8: House Boat and Yosemite

2007-07-31T18:38:00.000-07:00

Day 8: We woke up on the house boat and drove to Yosemite stopping at Mark Twain's cabin on the way. We arrived at Bridal Veil Campground and set up for an great dinner with S'mores.

Day 6 & 7: The House Boat

2007-07-29T11:53:00.001-07:00

Day 6 and 7: We woke late and drove to Lake Melones to pick up our House Boat for our two day adventure. We swam, had water fights, danced on the top deck, threw each other in, floated and watched movies at night.

Day 5 - America River White Water Adventure

2007-07-26T16:01:00.001-07:00

Day 5: Oh my gosh, day five already! We woke to a great breakfast hot and waiting. After breakfast we listened to a short orientation, suited up and hit the South Fork America river for an all day white water adventure!

Day 4 - Old Spaghetti Factory, State Capital and S'mores

2007-07-26T15:38:00.000-07:00

Day 4: The drive from the San Francisco area to Sacramento was much easier than expected so we arrived in tiem for our lunch at the old Spaghetti Factory. After lunch we went over to the State Capital building to knock on Arnie's door (Arnold Schwartzanegger- California, Governer) and we actually were allowed into his office and saw his desk and photos. After the we got a 40 minute mall fix and headed up to the mountains to our campground. We played Cranium and ate s'mores!

Day 3 - The all day San Francisco adventure!

2007-07-24T23:25:00.000-07:00

Day 3: We woke and got to San Francisco early. First we explored Pier 39, The Sea lions and views of Alcratz. Then we walked through Fisherman's Wharf to Ghiradelli square to see chocolate being made. Of course we made time for Ice Cream sundaes. After Ice-Cream we went on our 3 hours tour of all of San Francisco's most famous sights!

Day 1 - Beach Fun, Surfing & Bowling

2007-07-23T18:15:00.000-07:00

Day 1: We started the day with eggs, bacon and cereal. This gave us the energy for a day at teh beach. When we arrived we playeda few rounds of Capture the Flag followed by beach wrestling. After lunch we had a private surf lesson with David Alexander. Although we were tired we did muster up the strength for a night of bowling at the Sea Bowl in Pacfica, California. Every went to bed early for our day in San Fran tomorrow!

Day 0 - Pick Up and Montara Light House

2007-07-22T22:16:00.000-07:00

Day 0: The first day started a little shakey (read on for details) but it ended with is all arriving at an incredible lighthouse on California's coast, enjoying spaghetti and meatballs, and a night of playing games. Everyone gets along very well. It was shakey because one of our cars broken down before we went to pick soem people up so we are sorry for those who waited at SFO for a little longer than planned. Regardless, we are back on track now ready for a great trip!