Roadtrip part 1-Housekeeping in Yosemite, Lake Tahoe, McCLoud B&B near Mt. Shasta, Shasta Dam

 This is one shot of the view from our housekeeping unit in Yosemite.

 Here's our home for the 5 days in Yosemite & Kirk reading the biography of Jedediah Smith

 "The Group" shot includes Robin & David and 2 of their daughters and families, 

David's brother Tom and Mary and 1 of their daughters and her 3 sons... and Kirk and I!

 We had a lovely breakfast at the Ahwanee coffee bar with Robin and David

 Robin with her 7 mo. old grandson, Lars at the Lodge Pool. Cute huh?

 Sentinel Rock from Cook's Meadow

 Kirk and I sat IN the river to cool off!

 We enjoyed Lee Stetson's portrayal of John Muir at the live theater in Yosemite.

 Going over Tioga Pass we spotted some of the most beautiful scenery!

 Love this stream by the side of the road!

 Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe. We took the paddle-wheel boat last time we visited, so decided to go up here and look down on it this time--glad we did!

 McCloud River Inn B&B at the foot of Mt. Shasta. We stayed here 3 nights.

 The lumber town of McCloud is tiny but charming!

 Mt. Shasta is definitely a volcano!

 This is Doc Holliday's dentist chair in the McCloud Museum

 Remember him from the Wild West stories?

 We took a very interesting tour of Shasta Dam. 

Here is the spillway looking straight down (Kirk took it!)

 This one is the spillway from the bottom looking up. Those holes are over 6' high each.

Good-bye Mt. Shasta!

 McCloud River Middle Falls was such a treat to experience!

Mount Shasta on Dwellable

Yosemite on Dwellable

Camp Grandma with Lee

 We got to watch Lee for 2 nights & 3 days while Philip & Abby went away 

to celebrate their 5th anniversary.

 Just gettin' the hang of rice cereal-not too sure!

 Out for our morning walk

 With his diaper off, he likes to suck on his toes!

 Great Grandpa Gerald Lee Stevens giving a bottle to Lee Gerald Stevens

I LOVE being a Grandma!!! Can you tell??!!

We Packed a Photographer on our Recent Trip!

 A fun photographer who was referred to us, met us at the Lower Falls of the McCloud River near the base of Mt. Shasta to take these pictures. These are our favorites out of many she took.

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 Kirk was a very good sport & went along with the whole thing! :)

 34 years together

 He made me laugh so hard several times, so the photographer just clicked away.

 Love this guy--an amazing protector & provider!

 His happy wife. :)

Kirk's Birthday

Philip made this really cool airplane wall-decor piece himself! It is the image of a B-17 that Jerry trained pilots in during WWII. Philip decopaged it onto distressed wood.

Cool, huh?

Look who's 3 months old!

Here Lee is in the rocker I inherited from my Grandmother. It is over 150 years old!

He is SO much fun! He chuckles, smiles, tries to talk and is a HUGE distraction! :)

After going out to Lucille's BBQ for dinner, we went to Jerry's to open cards.

Kirk unveiling the airplane

A LIttle Get-away to Hyatt Grand Champion in Indian Wells

The last week of school was very stressful, so Kirk offered to "take me away from it all." We got a good deal on Priceline and went to the Hyatt Grand Champion in Indian Wells (past Palm Desert)

The room was nice except for the noising AC system.

We ate our yogurt with a little granola each morning on our patio.

We had to stop at Shields in Indio for a date shake! I got a single scoop cone which was yummy!

We spent one day looking at real estate for fun and then spent most of this day lounging by the pool.

While Kirk napped I walked around the grounds and took a few photos.

We had a lovely and relaxing time!

Our Stay-cation over Memorial Weekend -Laguna Beach

We invited Robin and David to spend the night in our guestroom! The guys went and hit 3-4 buckets of balls while Robin and I looked at my digital scrapbooks and talked. The next day we went to Laguna.
We had a leisurely breakfast in our backyard, and then went down to Laguna ( lots of traffic) to "poke around" for the afternoon.

Here are some pictures

Robin and I wandered around and; took pictures while David and Kirk chatted

Laguna is SO beautiful!

We had a late lunch at Madison Gardens across the street from Las Brisas

 on PCH.

This picture should be first. 

Laguna Beach on Dwellable