July 4, 2005 and Yosemite

July 4, 2005 and Yosemite

Greg and Kim were dying for some REAL sun, so we went back to CA for one week. Our housing community recently built a nice pool, so we had the kids over to test it out. On 4th of July, we did our usual thing...hung out all day at Central Park with friends/family, brought a bunch of food, and watched amazing fireworks after dark. This year, Judy, Smelly, Aria, Grover, Siriporn, Susan, and John joined us. A few days later, we (Greg, Kim, Judy, Smelly, and Aria) went camping and hiking for 3 days in Yosemite. We took the Mist Trail, got soaked (but it felt good), and hiked to the top of Vernal Falls. Soooo beautiful. A bear tried to eat us, but we threw some turkey jerky at him and got away. Whew!

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	Katie and Aria	Aria and Pinecone (pet rat)	Pinecone running up Geo's leg
		Yosemite	Our Premade Tent	Inside Tent	Bridalveil Falls
					Mist Trail
Top Vernal Falls		Nevada Falls	John Muir Trail		Glacier Point
Greg and Geo - Yikes!	Our favorite rock				Aria and ladybug