Fireworks and Family

It was the week of the 4th of July. Ken, Rita, Miles, and I headed to Bass Lake. It was the first time that Miles’ parents have been to the lake and to my parents cabin. We did a whirlwind tour of the area. It was fun and over too fast. Miles went home with his parents and I stayed and waited for my parents to come up the next day. I was able to stay with them for about a week and then headed home. The weather was perfect when Miles, Ken and Rita where there, but really heated up all that next week. 105 degrees. Thank goodness for the lake. Here are some pictures of the trip.

Welcome to the lake!

An afternoon trip to Yosemite.

A trip into Yosemite to see the giant sequoia trees.

Miles looks stumped. hehehehehe
Tree Huggers.
Miles and his mom and dad, Ken and Rita.
The Grizzly Giant, an amazingly large tree. The picture does not do it justice. It was simply breath taking.

Awwww, nothing better than cooling off in the lake. Looks like Rita is relaxing and having fun. The Sugar Pine Railroad.
Taking a trip on the train.
All Aboard!

Time to get to work. It's BBQ building time.

Too hot to keep working. Time to hit the lake and relax on the dock.

Dad on the Waverunner with me. Our yearly trip around the lake. Mom also takes a turn each year, but we missed getting a picture this time.


Sonoma went floating for the first time.

Ready for the drive home. Sonoma was my co-pilot.

Once I got home I got a call from mom and dad. Seems their water heater broke and was flooding the garage. Back on the road and to their house I went. Here is my hand work to get the water out of the garage.

East Coast Trip

I now have another tip under my belt. The trip went well and I was able to see new things. Each year I find something new and exciting. I also like to visit some of the same places because they are so beautiful. Here are just a few pictures from my trip. Please click on the link to see all of them. There was no way I could put even some of the pictures I wanted to put on my blog do to the fact that there are so many places and things we saw. Click HERE

Martha Washington's dress
Tomb of the unknow soldier.
Einstein monument
The White House
Washington National Cathedral
Lincoln Memorial

Udvar Hazy museum
They said I had the right stuff, but I did not like the helmet hair so I passed.

Jamestown, VA

Williamsburg, VA
I just love Williamsburg. It's amazingly pretty.

I LOVE Michie Tavern!

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Mammoth Family Fun

The Chalmers’ and the Hanshaw’s invade Mammoth.

It was a weekend of family fun. Miles, Loren, and I have been snowboarding before. Mike has skied before, but it’s been a while. Quintin and Lucinda were new to all this snow stuff. Lucinda was on skis and Q was on his new snowboard. We started off with the bunny slop where Lucinda did well as she made her way down the slope. Quintin was struggling a bit more and took his fill of falls on the icy snow. Slowly he was beginning to figure it out and was getting better each run. On Lucinda’s second run there was a miscalculation on the option of runs to go down. It seems that there were no beginner runs off the lift we had just taken. Poor Lucinda was stuck trying to go down a steeper (intermediate) slope than she was ready to go down. Quintin made it down the run by plowing. This is not as easy to do on skis. After the point of trying and then frustration, it was decided that Lucinda would walk down the run. (Now you know why there are bars at the end of the runs.) I boarded down carrying her skis as Miles walked up the slope to giver her a hug for support. Both our beginners were such troopers. They both gave it another try after lunch. Way to go!
The next day Lucinda decided to rest from her day of skiing. We once again hit the bunny slope where a much-improved Quintin was making his way down. The slope was slushy the day before so in turn it was ice in the morning. Near the bottom of the run Quintin fell. He said his wrist hurt. We knew his left wrist was sore from the day before, but now his right one hurt. Lucinda took him to the hospital to get it looked at as the rest of us had some great runs. It was fun to stay as a group and watch as Mike, and Loren went down the slopes. Miles does his traditional dive bomb down the slopes. You don’t get to watch Miles much; he is gone in a blink of an eye. Later in the day we got the call that Quintin had broken his right wrist and sprained his left. Oh my gosh, poor guy. We were all glad to hear that it did not dampen his spirits for the sport.
I had a wonderful time with everyone. It was fun to see everyone having fun in the snow.

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Lets hit the slopes!How do I do this???????

Family meeting.


Long way to the top!

What a view.

Gondola fun.

"It's nice, but dont make me look down!"

Father and Son.

Awwwwww.

The Hanshaw's

The Chalmers

Top of the world.

Elevation 11,053 feet.

A long day and a nice dinner.



Show off the cast and splint.

What a nutty bunch!!


Another nut!
Hummm, seems to be spreading.



A pretty view in Bishop on the drive home.