Summer 2011



Summer 2011 - was a great summer filled with a lot of different adventures a few are pictured below - with more to come soon ---- including Mark and Cera's wedding - Yay - so proud of them -

We have done a lot of hiking this summer it has been great - this was from one of our hikes above Mueller Park




I took a quick trip to Frederick Maryland in early July to see my friend Kathleen and her family before she has her next baby in October - this is while we were visiting one of my favorite memorials - FDR




Just last week we took a road trip with Steve's parents, My dad, Caroline and two of her sons - this was at the beginning of the trip - at the Salt Flats - on our way to Carson City, Reno and Lake Tahoe - our first stop.




Our first stop in Yosemite National Park - Steve and his dad hiked a little further up rock than I did... but I did go part of the way ---




Another picture in Yosemite - sorry for the funny face Steve but I wanted to put one up with my dad - so I could prove he did come :)




Steve and I in Yosemite - hiking down from the Grand Sequoia grove of trees.




After my Dad, Caroline and her boys left on Saturday - we headed south to San Luis Obispo and Hearst Castle - nothing like standing next to Margaret to make me look like the Jolly Green Giant




After San Luis Obispo - we went to Solvang, and for our final adventure Whale Watching off the coast of Santa Barbara - it is hard to see but that is a blue whale - less than one % of the population has actually seen one it was a pretty awesome sight even if after 6 hours on a boat we only saw one.