We flew into Phoenix and drove our car up to McCall, stopping in Reno to visit my family and take a few trips to the Sierra Nevada mountains. This was a nice hike in Galena Park.
We had a great trip to Sierra City, Sierraville and all the other small towns in the area. Our favorite was Downieville because of its low elevation, cute downtown straddling a river and lots of trails and flowers.
A hike to upper Sardine Lake from lower Sardine Lake.
We went downtown in Reno to see the whitewater competitions on the Truckee River.
The river walk in Reno. We also got to spend time with Mom and Grandma on Mothers' Day!
We took a trip to Markleeville, CA for lunch, a scenic drive and a soak in the hot springs.
Lots of great memories of this area from our PCT hike in 2009.
Home in McCall, we took a walk by the lake.
On one of our hikes, we found a lot of morel mushrooms that we sauteed in butter. Such a treat!
Although it rained everyday, when the sun came out, it was gorgeous!
Our small Ponderosa on our property has grown up a lot over the years.
Planted some spring flowers at our condo. Looking forward to planting some more now that we're out of the freezing nightly temps.
Quite hard to leave this place. This photo is from my last day in McCall before heading back to work.
After a lot of overtime at work, we met up with the Koehlingers for a family vacation on Lake Sinissippi in Wisconsin.
We went cheese tasting at a cheese factory as well as wine tasting.
The Wisconsin River in the Wisconsin Dells.
Great to get the whole family together!
We spent a day together in the Dells, where this photo was taken.
On the lake we enjoyed some time in the float, kayak and paddle board. We took a couple trips to the islands. So convenient staying in a lakefront Airbnb home.
We celebrated past and upcoming birthdays, as well as Roger & Bette's 51st Wedding Anniversary.
We explored some small Wisconsin towns in the area and a National Marshland nearby.
Had a lot of fun these past couple trips. Lots of wonderful outdoor adventures in California (thank you Szulok!) and fun games & crafts in Wisconsin (thank you Koehlingers!). Great to see all of you and we love you! We're in McCall right now, about to start our Weiser River bike packing trip tomorrow. We'll be back in time to celebrate the Fourth with Emily & Sean, and some Antarctic friends who are coming into town. Staying in our friend Delta's Yurt for a couple nights before we celebrate Dave's Birthday on the Loon Trail and Burgdorf Hot Springs.
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