From Colorado and the quick trip west through Utah and Idaho, we went and visited Ryan James in Portland, Oregon, picked up Dave to do some fly fishing, then watched Ryan's dad race in the national triathlon race in Oregon. What a privilege to see him race. From there, we went to visit Camille's long lost sister and old babysitter and great friend, Christina in Bend Oregon and spent a night in their wonderful home. Down through Redding and Northern California we fished, until at last we landed at Ryan's families cabin in Chester. We ran a 5k there (where Camille, Dave and Tom all won second for their age group and got great medals), watched the fourth of July parade and fireworks around Lake Almanor. Traversing down further, we spent the night with Camille's first cousins, the Frietas family, who were gracious enough to open their home to us on short notice. Our car-weary legs were soon put to the test as we joined Matt and Shellie Sytsma on the John Muir Trial, completing 88 miles, 40,000 feet in altitude change, in 5 days. Blisters abounding, we hiked out, feasted on pizza and landed shortly thereafter in San Luis Obispo to refuel and check in before heading off to Southern California and Baja, Mexico.
... two and a half weeks, covered in a brief paragraph...
The End
Stuffing ourselves with pizza after the big hike
... two and a half weeks, covered in a brief paragraph...
The End
Stuffing ourselves with pizza after the big hike
Ryan and Matt fly fishing at Rae Lakes
Ryan crossing the "one person at a time" suspension bridge
Ryan, Camille, Matt and Shellie at the top of Mather Pass, 12,000 feet.
Camille's Uncle Doug thought this "Peace, Love, Flowers" was an appropriate addition to the truck.
Camille's cousins, Aaron and Joshua Freitas (the third, Jacob was not there).
Ryan flyfishing during the famous "hex" hatch at sunset.
Lake Almanor Sunset
Ryan, Camille, Janet and Tom Hayes at Tom's race at Hag Lake, the National triathlon race in Oregon
Isaac and Jessie Hansen, this portrays their personalities very well, they are beautiful kids we love them.
Visiting Christina and Steve Hansen and their two little boys in Bend Oregon.
Amazing Roses in the Rose Garden in Portland, this is the dark red rose
Camille, Ryan and Ryan James in Portland
3 comments:
Ryan, I'm not sure if you should have eaten that whole pizza by yourself, you might have ended up with too much of a butt. Thank you both soooooo much for joining us for that exciting little bit of the JMT, it was a blessing. We had a moment of despair after you left, but we sat down right before Forrester Pass and cried it out:) you have to laugh at yourselves you know. We did finish the pass that evening I'll have you know and i let matt sleep in in the morning, nice me, eh?! Take care on this leg of the trip, don't get ripped off by any bandidos:)
wow! i love your rose photo! incredible!!
Thanks for writing this.
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