Little Boulder and Boulder Lake

Little Boulder

Boulder Lake

Brian and I spent Saturday hiking into Little Boulder and Boulder Lakes - It was an easy one day hike that we tried to make harder by finding Taipe Lake - No such luck - Reading the guide book we knew that this was an easy in and out hike and to expect company - what it didn't tell us is that we had wondered into MOSQUITO HELL - after setting up camp in a beautiful meadow we proceeded to be eaten alive - hiding in the tent was our only escape - after taking a well deserved nap we packed up camp and headed to the other side - lucky for us it wasn't as bad but we both came home covered in bites - hello west nile virus -

Stoddard Lake - Trinity Alps - California

Hunter and Logan fishing

Stoddar Meadow

Hiking in my $100 buckle jeans - Last year it was a jean skirt - this year expensive jeans - I like to roll in style

Another Gleanton/Minton/Young hiking trip in the Trinity Alps - This one about killed all of us. Taking roughly 6 hours to cover the 3.5 miles of rough terrain. There is actually two different ways to reach Stoddard Lake. For some reason the boys decided that taking the hard way was going to be best for this fat family. Never again do I let them have complete control over the map. This girl learned her lesson when she saws two college ages kids and their elderly parents pack in their lawn chairs from the easy access point.

I'd have to say out of our last three trips this one was my least favorite lake. Although beautiful in its own right I don't think it holds a candle to Tangle Blue or the Russian Wilderness. Plus the weather wasn't great which makes it a little harder to enjoy being outdoors.

Sky Crest Lake

Ever been to a wedding with a bunch of strangers? yeah well me neither until this past weekend. Part of the stipulation for me to go white water rafting was I had to get my swerve on at a strangers wedding. I was a little nervous about going since I didn't knowing anyone but honestly with enough beer and vodka in me I can have fun anywhere

White Water Rafting

I can't help but laugh every time I look at these photos - I should have known when our 19 to 24 year old river guide Ben was super excited to be taking us on a smaller boat that Carly and I would be drinking a lot of river water. I say 19 to 24 years old because he refused to tell us until the end of the trip and we were both too exhausted to remember to ask him. Cute kid, weighing in at maybe a hundred and forty pounds but I love the fact that he was able to haul my fat ass back into the boat each time I fell out. That was a big concern of ours and I think he was slightly insulted when we doubted his abilities to pluck these damsels in distress out of the water.

I've been meaning to do this white water rafting trip each summer but knowing that Brian wasn't a big fan of the river I didn't push the issue but spending those three hours on the river reminds me of how much I've missed it. Thanks Carly for inviting me!

Kinetic Race May 2011

I've been meaning to post these forever and have just now finally gotten around too it - In my defense that was a pretty crazy month for me :-)

update on my parents house

Its been almost four months since my parents house caught on fire - Its been a lovely battle of red tape and mounds of insurance paper work - At this moment the rebuilding process hasn't even begun. I'm honestly surprised my dad hasn't just thrown up some sheet rock and moved back in - The above photos were taken memorial day weekend and the house has been untouched since then. Hopefully with a little luck the permit process will speed up and my parents will be in a new house by christmas