4th of July Camping
After much hesitation, haggling, weighing the pros and cons of taking a baby camping, Claudia finally relented and we went camping with my side of the extended family. It was a relatively short excursion to Kings Canyon in Sequoia National Park. We camped at Lodgepole camping ground, right next to an amazing, ice-cold, fast running stream. We hiked to the waterfall, and had a couple of bear sightings, and enjoyed two nights of sitting around open-pit fire. There’s nothing like sitting in front of good fire out in nature! Come Monday morning, when all excursioners attempt to make it back to civilisation from all sides of L.A. and Orange County, we packed everything in the car literally at the first light, and hightailed back home. It was awesome to beat all traffic, AND still have enough of the day for Lucille’s BBQ and fireworks! God bless America!!
