Album: California Trip October 2009

Chip & Linda Family California Trip October 2009

I have been planning my family reunion for about a year and we finally got it together. Chip and I went out a week early and met up with my sister Julie and her husband Rob. The four us visited our brother Doug in the Sonoma valley and then traveled a large loop throughout northern Calif. Adam and Kim join us about half way thru and the six of us visited Yosemite NP and the small town of Lee Vining and Mono Lake where my grandparents use to take me as a kid. Then we joined up with some of my extended family in Lake Tahoe. We were celebrating my great Aunt and Uncle’s 90th birthdays and 67th wedding anniversary! They are still very sharp and fun to be with and we all had a great time. Linda

Mono Lake Early morning Family hike - Mono Lake - Smile Kim! Tourists! Note the White Hat! Tough Guy! Ahh, our morning coffee Good form Chip! A tough catch! Adam and Chip Anderson Valley tasting Anderson Valley Vineyards - Goldeneye Winery Tasting $100/bottle wine at Goldeneye Winery Too Loose wine :-) Redwood hikers Mendocino coast - another new favorite place in the world Mendocino evening hike Bird watching on the coast Leggett, CA drivethru tree - Chip is waving to the camera Old Sacramento Sacramento river walk Adam and Kim catch up with us in Sacramento. Yose Kitty Yosemite rest stop! Adam and Kim tree climbing in Yosemite What can I say....kids! A perfect, golden Yosemite day! Yosemite chapel Adam taking a flying leap into a very cold river during our picnic stop at Half Dome Rob, Julie, Chip, Linda, Adam and Kimber Mule deer that we almost bumped into. Yoga in Yose Namaste! Adam boating at Tahoe Halloween Shopping The Blommer-Clark-Lane Reunion group Hike in the Redwoods Julie birdwatching on the Mendo coast Julie, Linda and Rob from afar. Mono Lake - Christmas card worthy :-) Tahoe Family pic

October 12, 2009 Linda