As with past Labor Day Weekends, Ryan and I headed up to Nick's for a little fun in the sun. And as usual Nick, Sara and Ava are the most gracious hosts. Nick has all the toys for the river, lake, dirt fields and what can be stacked in his garage.
The star of the weekend was of course Ava. She keeps Nick in line and provided us with laughs, smiles and a whole lotta props (I will explain later).
The weekend always has laughs and to help Ryan and I, Sara's friends Holly and Tish joined in the fun. Those props I mentioned before, well here are some of them.
I am still having flashbacks of our couch session... monkey, horse, backpack... I had an AWESOME time.
Ryan and I decided to combined our annual camping trip up to the Sequoia National Park with the holiday weekend. Tuesday we headed south and up into the mountains.
Our preferred spot is north of Lake Isabella near Peppermint Creek campgroup. These are primitive sites... no potable water or toilets for the laymen, but there are natural pools and water slides.
The is also the Needles fire tower, one of almost 500 towers in California back country. Unfortunately the tower was not manned (or should I say wo-manned) this trip. Dad used to take Rick and I up here to camp and fish... now I take my friends to enjoy. Thanks Dad.
Peppermint Creek is just that, a creek, but it offers a great break from doing anything. The views are spectacular and the water is nice and cool.
There are plenty of pools to choose from; some you can jump into, slide into, some have waterfall filling them and others are just big enough to sit in. Spending all day down in the pools can be quite exhausting and sometimes the sun and fun can bring out some great nights.
Here's Ryan is showing me to to fend off a bear with a wooden katana; he insists that you must show the bear you mean business... one of may successful fireside discussions we had.
Well that briefly sums up the holiday weekend. More to come later...
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