Thursday, October 16, 2014

Big Trees!!!

this past weekend we rounded up the doratt, delarosa, reed, and barrera families and headed up to sequoia, home to the largest trees in the world. we enjoyed a great weekend with good friends, good food, and perfect weather! thanks georgie for setting this up!

i dont usually like to compliment george, but i gotta give it to him he did a good job finding us a place to stay. our rental house was really nice and modern, but still nestled in the middle of the woods right next to a river.

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morning #1, getting ready to head down the path to check out the river

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kids loved it

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so did the dogs, ellie and mr darcy

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didnt plan for the kids to get IN the water just yet, thanks for encouraging them ernesto! aidens only sweater and hiking shoes... soaked!!!

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headed into sequoia national park, first on the list was to climb moro rock, and see the tunnel log

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climb to the top of that with 3 babies and 2 toddlers? sounds like a good idea?

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aiden is first to hit the stairs

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aiden again first to make it to the very end

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view from the very top

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some family shots at the top

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group shot at the top from georges gopro

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the delarosas driving through the tunnel log, a tunnel cut into a tree that had fallen over the road in 1937

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next on the list was to see the general sherman tree, which by volume is the largest tree in the world!

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HUGE TREES!

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kids playing next to a huge tree trunk

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if you look closely you can see esther and pablo next to the trunk of this bad boy

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first view of the general sherman, thats it in the middle. doesnt look too big from up here...

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kids not too interested in the trees. they were too busy fighting over that camera and walkie talkie!

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this photo doesnt capture the size of this tree!

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delarosas posing for a shot in front of the sherman

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after all that hiking, the next day we decided to just relax at the river.

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so much fun, but man that water was COLD!!!

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ended the day with a nice walk so these cuties could get some energy out

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ernesto seems to think that pablo is big enough to hide behind?

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one last group shot before heading home, great weekend cant wait to do another! thanks for setting this up george!

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