San Francisco

Point Bonita Lighthouse

I love visiting lighthouses and this hike to Point Bonita Lighthouse is now my favorite! Its a half-mile hike to the lighthouse. The trail leads down to the big rock where you walk through a tunnel and out the other side of the rock, then you cross a bridge to get to the farther rock. (click on the pic to have a better look.) Then you walk across one last bridge (you can't see it in this picture) to get to the lighthouse. Here is Serenity on the trail.

Shane and Jessica kissing at the end of the tunnel.

Robert and Jared on the first bridge. You can see the second bridge and the lighthouse in the background.

This is the waiting area to cross the last bridge over to the lighthouse. You can just see the golden gate bridge covered in fog behind us.

This is the opposite side of the waiting area with the bridge and lighthouse behind us. The bridge is old and rickety so they only let two people walk across at a time.

Serenity and my dad walking across the bridge.

There are lots of rocks below where the sea lions like to lay.

San Francisco Maritime Museum

The kids found a boat sitting in the sand on our way to the maritime museum.

Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

We had lunch at Bubba Gump's. Serenity and my dad with Bubba Gump's box of chocolates.

Ghirardelli Square

San Francisco's Talking Toilets

My mom couldn't wait to check out the famed "talking toilets".

Half Moon Bay - Beach Camping

The last week of July we planned a beach camping trip with my family (Mom, Dad, Robert & Elizabeth). The first place we stayed was in Half Moon Bay, just outside of San Francisco.
We had the best site in the whole camp, it was on the beach side and the kids loved climbing the trees above our tent.

San Francisco really is the foggiest place, even in the summer. It was cool and foggy EVER day and never got warmer than 60 degrees, except the day we left (it was sunny and 70).

My dad brought his hammock and loved to relax on the beach.

There were lots of bike/horse trails. Jared loved all the jumps!

Giddy-Up

One of the top things on our Utah List is, "riding Liza". Thanks Shaunna, the kids had a great time.
Roscoe, look no hands!

Shanuuna gave Jared some riding lessons before the rest of us got there.

Michaela

Abby

Serenity, wearing grandma's hat. She couldn't let Roscoe show her up so she had to ride with no hands too.

Roscoe was so cute I had to put him in again.

9th Street Crag

Robert bought some rock climbing gear with his graduation money and asked us to bring our gear to Utah. A big group of us went up to 9th street crag in Ogden. We had a great time.
Shane and Jared

Abby and Mike, getting ready to climb.

Mike, at the top.

Abby showed us how to put your leg behind your head.
Jessica

Zack

Welcome Home Sister Sphar!

Shane's sister Shelly just returned home from serving a mission in Ecuador. Everyone was super-excited to see her again.

Vernal Utah

Shane's mom's family is from Vernal Utah and we've wanted to take a trip there with Gwen for years. We finally planned a Vernal trip this summer. Gwen was our guide and Mercaydes came with us too. We had a great time. One of our top priorities was seeing the dinosaurs. Tuesday we went to the Vernal Natural History Museum.

Vernal Natural History Museum

Serenity was a little scared of some of the dinosaurs. Jared tried to pull her too close to the Velociraptor.

He just wanted her to put her head inside it's mouth.

Vernal Temple

After the museum we drove a few blocks to the Vernal Temple.

Flaming Gorge

We stayed the night in Gwen's aunt and uncle's cabin a few miles away from Flaming Gorge. The cabin sat at the edge of a meadow. The kids liked watching the deer passing through. Wednesday we went to Flaming Gorge Dam.

Dinosaur National Park and Quarry

Wednesday we spent most the day at Dinosaur National Park. The quarry was closed, but we had a great time exploring the rest of the park. We went on a hike to see dinosaur bones.

Jared with a Dino leg bone.

There are also lots of petroglyphs around the park.

The kids like doing the Junior Ranger programs at the park.

More petroglyphs.

At the far end of the park is Josie Morris cabin.