Saturday, April 30, 2016

Beautiful Day!

We've had a beautiful and wet spring out here!  These pictures are from a walk that Oscar and I took right outside of Blue Diamond.  It had just rained and everything was so vibrant and smelled amazing.  I wish Blogger had a scratch and sniff option!

 I love the vibrant green with the black branches.


  Flowers are emerging. 

 Misty, wet trail.

 Speed racer.

 I just love the tiny cacti.  I didn't do a good job of capturing the scale, but these guys are mini.  The top one is about the size of a baseball and below, the size of a golf ball.



Magical tunnel fort.

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Spring Break

I'm not sure what's up with this gap at the top - I posted the pics from my phone so maybe that's the prob??

We had an awesome spring break two weeks ago with a little trip to Bishop and a visit from old friends.
Everyone was happy to be on the road!

The wise wizard.

The drive to Bishop is one of my favorites.  So beautiful

Camp spot wasn't too shabby.  The first day was the warmest, least windy day.  We apparently always bring the gale force winds with us when we come to Bishop.  

We even had creek access.


One day we went bouldering up toward Mammoth at a beautiful, forested spot.  Oscar made himself at home.

We ended up climbing in some snow!  Oscar, king of the forest.

Poor Oscar is truly built for the snow, not the Las Vegas desert.

Having a blast catching snow.  Adam doing a jig!

Impressive moves.

The Eastern Sierras are amazing.

Back at lower elevations, Oscar surveys his domain.




Can you tell how windy it is!?  Look at Oscar's face!

Moon over the Happy Boulders.

My boys snug as a bug in a rug.

You know it's chilly when Oscar stays under a blanket.

Back in Vegas, the old crew plus a few new additions from when we knew Michele, Brandon, and Dan back in Ohio.  L to R: Jessie (she's a new addition, Dan's wife), Michele and Izzy (also a new addition), Brandon, Dan, Oscar and Adam.  It had been about 13 years since Adam had seen Dan and about 9 for me (he and Brandon came out on a climbing trip one time when Adam was gone).  It had been about 3 years since I had seen Brandon, Michele and Isabelle, and probably about 6 or so for Adam.  We had a super nice time catching up.

Isabelle sending.

Adam sending (with a butt spot).

We were exhausted by the end of the week, but it was totally worth it!