Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Santa Monica and Venice Beach
We Went to see another of my moms friends from college, Lena, her husband Julian and their baby Phoebe. We walked along Venice beach and then went swimming in the Pacific Ocean. And there was a cool skateboard park on the beach. We'll get pictures when we go back. We also stopped at an expensive coffee shop.
Lena, Julian, and Phoebe (in the red hat)
dad and Phoebe
us at the beach
dad with his expensive coffee and lena
Monday, May 28, 2012
CA -Sierra Madre and Glendale skatepark
This weekend we hiked up Mount Wilson to Orchard camp, 4 miles each way. At Orchard camp we saw a 1,500 year old oak tree.
We also got ice cream from the Moo Moo creamery, which is owned by a friend of a friend. I got salty chocolate and vanilla, it was great! We also went to the Glendale skateboard park, a cool skateboard park with lots of cement bowls.
us at the moo moo creamery
us hiking
the 1,500 year old tree
the view
the water stop
us on the trail
a lizard
me at the skateboard park
the skateboard park
Saturday, May 26, 2012
CA - Huntington
Yesterday we visited the Huntington, where my dad is working. The Huntington has a library, gardens, and galleries. We visited the gardens and had lunch with my dad. The desert garden was the best.
some koi
gavin in a bamboo forest
some cool cacti
awesome lizard
hairy cactus
us in a circle in the Chinese garden
us in the palm garden
giant leaf
mom with crazy hair
dad at work
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Stop 10: Altadena, California
We drove straight from the Grand Canyon to finally reach our half-way and resting point, California!!!!!! We are staying in a really cool house with fruit trees outside!!
The lemon tree
some of the rose garden
the San Gabriel Mountains which you can see from our house
A blurry picture of me in a tree
Gavin picking an orange
Gavin's watermelon bowl
some of the house- it's hard to get a picture because of the trees
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Stop 9: Grand Canyon
We drove from Tuscon to the Grand Canyon. The temp got up to 108!!!. On the way we stopped at Montezuma's Castle and a volcanic park called Sunset Crater. It was really crowded because everyone was there to see the solar eclipse. The glasses were sold out so we couldn't look at the sun but the light looked weird. We camped at Mather campground in the Grand Canyon. The next day we spent at the Grand Canyon. We went on a geology walk where a ranger talked about how the canyon was formed. After we ate lunch we went on a 3 mile walk down in to the canyon, which was really cool. Then we drove to a lookout tower to look into the canyon!
Montezuma's Castle
Sunset Crater
Gavin following the rules
The weird light of the solar eclipse
a 1.8 billion year old rock
Dad on the edge
us at the Grand Canyon
Us hiking into the canyon
A snake attacking Gavin
a warning sign
The Grand Canyon
Hiking into the Canyon
a Mule Deer. Correction, it's an elk
Dad and Gavin acting like Petroglyphs
Stop 8: Tuscon, Arizona
On the way to Tuscon we stopped at the Petroglyph National Monument. We hiked up a volcanic area and saw tons of cool petroglyphs carved in to the black rocks! Then we stopped at El Morro to see Inscription Rock. Early travelers carved their names on the rock. Some of the inscriptions are from the 1500s. We also saw some more petroglyphs. Then we arrived at my Great Uncle Richie's and Aunt Jackie's in Tuscon. The next day we hiked in the Saguaro National park, a desert park with lots of cacti but mostly the giant Saguaro cactus, some of them hundreds of years old! The park also had rattlesnakes and mountain lions! We also saw a bird who landed on my mom's hand to eat a pear. We think it was an escaped pet because it was so people friendly. In the afternoon we visited some early Spanish missions.
For dinner we went to another MVF (man vs. food) restaurant, Mi Nidito. I ordered the President's plate which President Bill Clinton ordered.
Some Petroglyphs
An inscription, 1858 graffiti
El Morro
the bird on mom's hand
the bird on Gavin's hand
a Saguaro
Mi Nidito
us with Uncle Richie and Aunt Jackie
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