Yosemite Backpacking!

For the 4th of July, we went backbacking near Lake Nelson in Yosemite National Park. We did some off trail hiking. It was a lot of work, but we had an awesome time. Thanks Molly and Jared!

Starting out.

Emily and stream. There were lots of streams (and mosquitos) but just one emily!

This is the path we decided to take over the mountain. It turned out to be a lot more difficult than it looks. The top was about 10,600 ft above sea level, according to Molly's altimeter.

The snowy pass was no problem for Emily.

Casey and the brown trout he caught.

Jared with all the fish. We wanted to catch more fish but this was about the limit that we could carry on the stringer.

Cock's Comb at dusk from camp at 9500 ft.

Casey cooking fish hobo style.

Visit from ma and pa

Mom and I enjoying a day at the ball park for the Cardinals-Giants game.

Dad's favorite spot in California.

Casey and grapes!

Emily pushing away the paparrazzi in Napa.

Group photo at Mondavi.

My folks came to visit for a few days a few weeks ago, and we had some great times. The best was perhaps our visit to the old faithful geyser of california, which is one of only 3 old faithful geysers in the world. I have seen two of them now.