Monday, July 13, 2009

VCCC at Dorst Creek

We unpacked and repacked Friday, then headed up to Sequoia National Park to camp for the weekend with others from our church. On the way up we saw a bear! They were active during the time we were there; one of the other ladies in our group saw a bear too and one tried to get food from one of the campsites near us. We stayed at a group site at Dorst Creek. There was a community breakfast Saturday morning, then a group of us went to the creek to take pictures and play. It was pretty with ferns and flowers and the kids had fun playing in the water. I couldn't resist taking a bunch of pictures of Natalie. We headed back to our site and had lunch then nap time. Our family took a drive to Grant Grove to see the General Grant tree. We found this guy as we were getting in the van. Both the boys fell asleep on the drive, so Dad stayed in the car with them and the girls went to see the tree. Along the trail there were a number of Dogwoods, including the biggest one I have ever seen, it was large. Natalie got to have a picture with the General Grant tree, the third largest tree in the world with the widest diameter at the base. When we got back to camp, we had chili for dinner, which Natalie enjoyed. There was a big campfire and the boys got to roast marshmallows. On Sunday, we had a short service after breakfast, then broke camp and drove home for lunch.

3 comments:

Heather said...

That yellow flower picture is really pretty.

I can't believe we saw that bear so close!

Michelle Chandler-Trevino said...

Really great pictures!!

Unknown said...

Coool:)