Oregon and California

From Colorado, we set off on our wild trip to the west coast. Knowing this was our last long stretch of vacation time for a while, AJ dreamed up a big vacation for us. Overall, we had a great time together and have lots of neat memories and pictures. AJ was super Dad the whole trip...serving us all so tirelessly. It was fun to have so much time together as a family. Here's some of my favorite pictures from the trip.



Taking a break from the car. The kids and I drove just under 6000 miles during these four weeks, and they all were amazing travelers! This was one of the first times Drew laughed at the girls.



Crater Lake National Park in Oregon


Redwoods National Park in California
Notice that AJ has Drew in the front pack and Jenna in the backpack.


Lydia does the traditional "hug the huge tree" pose


Sister love on the beautiful northern California coast


Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco


Lydia's tired enough to sleep in the back pack


AJ hiked up a pretty steep mountain with Jenna on his back and pushing Drew in the stroller. He says it was worth it for lunch at a beautiful waterfall.


I love this one! Drew's all bundled up for the night.


Yosemite Falls at Yosemite National Park (California)



This was on our way out of Yosemite. The coldest it got on the nights we were camping was the high 40s, but they were predicting 29 for the night that we left. I couldn't stop mentioning how glad I was to not be camping another night.