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Markleeville Wrap-Up

July 28, 2008 Leave a Comment

We had an awesome trip! I’m not sure if it’s exactly what the WoJos had expected, but our trip was sure enhanced by them being there. My good friend Dave (Grant’s godfather) came along as well. I think it was his first camping trip… it was definitely his first over-night in a tent. My parents and Raelene came up, and we had Devin’s friend, Michael, too.

Highlights:

The rock slide. As a kid, I wore out many a bathing suit sliding down this rock in the creek. It is so great to see my kids doing it too.
 
Discovering new waterfalls. (Well, new to us.) We used to take The Waterfall Hike and we’d get to the first set of falls, eat a granola bar and turn around and go back to camp. This trip brought out the explorer in everyone and new waterfalls and swimming holes were discovered. So much fun that they went twice!
Fry Night. We had never had fried Twinkies before. Thanks to the WoJos! Clogging my arteries never tasted so good!

Grant found two feathers and climbed on a rock and tried to fly.
The kids made their own ice cream in this little roly-poly ice cream maker. It went great with the apple pie that Rich made in his dutch oven.
To get a better view of any of these, click on the picture. To see all the photos, click here.

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