High Sierra Trip

I realized I never posted our biggest hiking trip. Here we are in the Sierras, at Box Lake.

It was so beautiful. Even looking at these pictures, I still can't

believe we were up there.

I caught my first (live) fish up there. I was so excited. We ate mostly fish up there, we had a few dried meals, but dinner relied on catching something each day. I thought I would be brave enough to gut my own fish but....yuck.... so Darren did that for me. We filtered our drinking water right from the stream with a pump. It was hard work but the water tasted so fresh. 

Hiking

Over the summer of 2007, Darren and I were able to spend many of our weekends hiking, in preparation for our trip to the Sierra Mountains. Hiking was a new experience for me. Darren however, is a natural. His family nicknamed him "mountain Goat" when he was younger because of the way he scaled the trails with little effort. I think I slowed him down a lot; of course he never lead me to believe so.

                                                       Baden Powell

                                              

                                                            

                                        Tahquitz Peak (My Favorite)                                      

               

               

               

                                                    Alder Creek

                                    

                                       

Looking back on this one we can smile; but it was a tough weekend.

              

Our Garden

A few months ago, I planted some sunflowers in a small planter outside our studio apartment. In just a few weeks we had green sprouts everywhere. Now those green sprouts have blossomed into gorgeous yellow sunflowers. 

Last week, we were given permission from the wonderful couple we rent from, to plant a garden. We were so excited we got started as soon as we could.

When we started the ground was hard as rock. Eventually we were able to plant. We now have a bell pepper plant, cucumber, zucchini, two tomato plants and corn. I also transplanted my Irises from there pots into the back corner.

We are so proud of our beautiful garden and enjoyed the time we spent together to create it.