Sunday, June 1, 2008

Memoral Day Weekend - Sequoia National Park


Snow!

Kevin sleeps while Chris and Ellie visit the biggest tree in the world!


Chris was trying to keep Ellie warm, and so he pulled her pants up high and tucked her sweater into them. Ellie was oblivious to her fashion faux pas, and had a great time with her friends! But I had to capture it on film!


Catching raindrops!
The biggest tree in the world!


Memorial Day weekend, we went camping with two other families at Sequoia National Park. The first day was drizzly rain, but nothing too terrible. We visitied the 5th largest tree in the world and walked through a fallen sequoia with a huge walkway through it.


The nighttime was interesting to say the least. Kevin woke at 10 with a dirty diaper that had also leaked all over his multi-layered PJs. So, we changed him and his PJs as he screamed through the whole thing! But he then slept until around 6am the next morning, which was amazing because I thought he would have been cold. Ellie woke once and screamed for quite a while as loud as she could. I finally had to bring her to the car because I knew she was waking up all the other campers. That actually calmed her down, and then we made a "family bed". She was much happier after this, and we all slept peacefully! I think she was cold and confused!


The next day, the weather was the same in the morning. But as it got colder and colder, we began to see snow! We visited a cave, and Chris and Ellie got to see the biggest tree in the world. Kevin was sleeping, so I skipped that venture into the snow!


We had planned to stay two nights, but due to the snowy weather, we left after only one night. It was a fun adventure, and I never would have guessed we'd see snow on Memorial Day weekend!

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