An Epic Week.

Last week we packed in a little of everything before Jonathan left for Birmingham. This was his last chance to do fun things since baby #2 is almost here. We rode 4 wheelers to the Bingham lake trail and hiked in to the lake the first night. It was great. We sat by the fire and talked for hours. The Lake was beautiful. We hiked out early the next morning to go back to work at the Ranch. That afternoon we headed to San Francisco.

On our way to San

Francisco we stopped at Mt. Lassen and did a night hike up it (about 2 hours) and camped on top. We woke up at 6am and continued the drive to San Francisco (5 hours).

The sunrise was beautiful. Lassen is 10,400+ ft. tall.
We arrived in San Francisco around noon and met up with Chad (former JH staff) and Ben Mohr to go Mtn. Biking at Mt. Tamalpaise. We rode the tenderfoot trail which is supposed to be one of the best mtn. biking trails anywhere and the birthplace of the sport. I was having a good time until I hit a root and went over my handle bars and had a rough landing. For some reason this keeps happening to me when I go mtn biking. Maybe thats why I am not that into the sport??

That evening we went to Fisherman's wharf and ate clam chowder. It was very good. The next morning we woke up early to go Sea Kayaking with Chad (he is a guide) around the golden gate bridge. It was beautiful. The kayaks were much less stable than I expected and very challenging. We paddled through some pretty rough water. It was a great day and a long weekend but fun. After Kayaking we drove all the way back to the Ranch. Jonathan likes to pack every minute full of things to do. Here are a few more pictures...

Mt. Lassen Sunrise I

Chad riding on Mt. Tamalpaise