Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Vacation-Day 5 Bodie

Bodie Ghost Town here we come! It's been years since I've been back to Bodie and Josh has never been, so we took the kids and explored.
Mono Lake
Old rocking chair in one of the houses

The kids walking up to the church

Money in a pan on the church floor
It amazes me how these buildings are still standing, some are now used as Ranger Housing
Dogs are only allowed on the trails (which we obeyed). The kids and I are exploring and all of a sudden I hear Josh yelling my name.
So I rush over and Josh tells me how these sparrows have dive bombing and teasing Savannah. Josh notices Savannah lunge, he looks down and sees she has a bird in her mouth. He doesn’t know if she actually caught it mid air or if it was already on the ground, unfortunately for the bird there’s now another ghost in Bodie.
The wagon wheels were huge!
Caleb was NOT happy that I made him sit in the grass and take this picture. Gosh I'm such a mean mom!

This is how I roll
I have a picture from when I was in 6th/7th grade in front of an outhouse at Bodie
Horseshoe Lake
Buddies
Splashing around
After Bodie we let the kids play at Horseshoe lake and then went out to dinner at a good BBQ place in the Village.

Vacation-Day 4 Yosemite

Tuesday we headed to Yosemite National Park. It was a beautiful day, a little hot and too crowded in the valley. The car ride down was perfect, saw a bear! Ride up…different story. Caleb got car sick, no more details needed.
At the entrance to the park
We were driving and all of a sudden Josh says...BEAR!! So here's a blurry picture, but at least I have evidence.
El Capitan
El Capitan is to the left

The road ahead
Caleb happy
Half Dome
Caleb car sick
Josh cooking yummy pasta
Out for another walk
Run Caleb Run

Monday, August 2, 2010

Vacation-Day 3

After everyone left we decided to do the typical touristy pictures around Mammoth.
Minaret Vista
 The Minarets
Mammoth Mtn in the background

Hot Creek Hatchery

While looking at the HUGE fish...Emily says: Mom DEER!!!


Savannah playing in the creek while we're out on our walk

Caleb's mad he can't get out and play too

Savannah in heaven

Walking Savannah home