A Belated Post of our Trip to England

We had a great time visiting with Paul and Marj in England. It was only a two day trip, but we enjoyed seeing their place and playing with Walter! 

We were able to see the two other houses on the property. This one has a beautiful garden that the owners before Paul and Marj made on there own.

  a little japanese garden 

  a beautiful garden and waterfall behind there house. 

 Walter following the car home. 

                      Walter getting a tummy rub!

 While we were there, we only experienced 10 minutes of rain! 

 Then the sun came out again! 

 Behind their house is a little place to climb! 

 The old granary. 

 Krystina's dream oven! 

                        The original stair case.

 Joel bouldering near "Frog Rock"

Yes, it was February in England and Joel has his shirt off. We had great weather while we were there! 

Wrapping up our amazing trip with Joseph

 we stopped in Maripossa our first night in the Yosemite area to spend the night with our friends Andrew, Amanda, and Kaylee

 Joseph and the Grizzly Giant Sequoia Tree

 Not a Grizzly, A yearling Black Bear on the Glacier Point Road

 There were beggars everywhere. 

 For Josephs trip to Yosemite we did the tourist thing. Glacier Point was our second stop just behind the Maripossa Grove of Giant Sequoias. 

 The view from GP

 The next day we hiked the Mist Trail and Vernal Fall.

 The last morning before leaving for San Fran we went to the base of El Cap.

 Wind Power... What a concept

 Joseph making the coast to coast in a month official.

 Terra came and met us at the coast for an expensive night of camping at Mt. Tam and a day in San Fran.

 So not many picts of the actual city... Hmmmm

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Toco Bell on the Pacific... Need I say more?

 The second night we were supposed to camp on the coast. Turned out though that there wasn't any camping for over half an hour and then we would have to drive back across the bridge, pay another toll, and drive through the main city to get back to the airport early to drop Joseph off for his flight. So, we enjoyed the sunset, had some amazing Guacamole, and then headed for the airport and long term parking for the night. 

Joseph asking some sleeping strangers for parking beta.

 Ol Bessy gave us a great nights rest in airport parking and for $15 it was cheaper than a campsite.

 Saying our see ya laters at the airport.

I have to say that the 3 weeks with Joseph was amazing. We all had so much fun and were able to do so many things. It was a such huge blessing, I can't wait till our next trip together.