- a black bear rambling right next to our car, and then picking up a tasty morsel of roadkill gopher right behind us
- a red fox in our campground running at top speed...
- ...and the fox was being chased by a deer!
We spent the morning at Red Rock Canyon, just like it sounds: a canyon of these deep wine-red rocks with a cold, clear stream at the bottom. As you climb upstream, hopping over rocks and splashing through pools, the canyon narrows and deepens.
We mostly avoided getting soaked on the way up...but on the way down, we took all the slides and jumped in all the pools! The water is icy cold and quite refreshing. I don't have any videos because I didn't want to drop my phone in the water!
We had a picnic lunch at Red Rock. On the way back to the campground, we came across the bear. It's the closest any of us have ever been to a bear, ever, despite Eric growing up here and visiting this national park often.
We had several hours free, so we swam in the lake. The view is surreal--it's so beautiful it feels like something on a movie set. But unlike warm Mediterranean water we're using to swimming in, this was glacial. But we all swam! Some of us not for very long, but still, we did it.
We had family pictures at the lake before dinner. 30 of the 32 grandkids plus aunts, uncles, and grandparents. Each family in color-coordinated shirts.
We're currently wrapping up a 50th anniversary program. Each family put on a skit or presentation to represent a different phase in Eric's parents' lives.
We had a picnic lunch at Red Rock. On the way back to the campground, we came across the bear. It's the closest any of us have ever been to a bear, ever, despite Eric growing up here and visiting this national park often.
We had several hours free, so we swam in the lake. The view is surreal--it's so beautiful it feels like something on a movie set. But unlike warm Mediterranean water we're using to swimming in, this was glacial. But we all swam! Some of us not for very long, but still, we did it.
We had family pictures at the lake before dinner. 30 of the 32 grandkids plus aunts, uncles, and grandparents. Each family in color-coordinated shirts.
We're currently wrapping up a 50th anniversary program. Each family put on a skit or presentation to represent a different phase in Eric's parents' lives.
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