An Active Thanksgiving!
Jeff and I had a great Thanksgiving weekend. It started out on Wednesday with wine tasting in the afternoon with Toni, Drew, and Drew's parents. We then woke up early on Thursday and ran a 5k. It was pretty cool because it ran along the waterfront in downtown Stockton and ended by homeplate in the Ports baseball stadium. Jeff finished in just over 22 minutes and I finished in 33 minutes - I was happy though because I ran the whole time with no breaks! That afternoon, we went to Josh and Outing's place for dinner. Toni, Drew, and his parents joined us. We had a great time up there, but it was uneventful with no baby arrival - soon Outing soon!! On Friday, we pretty much just hung out all day. We did go to a Thunder Hockey game that night. The Thunder are a minor league hockey team for the Edminton Oilers. It was pretty fun!
Saturday was a great day! We decided to drive to Yosemite and hike Hetch Hetchy. This is something that I wanted to do before we left California because Pacific has a huge John Muir collection and a lot of his work on Hetch Hetchy. It was the perfect day for hiking! (Note: Hetch Hetchy is in the northern part of Yosemite. It is an area that supplies the San Francisco Bay Area - which is around 180 miles away - with its' drinking water.) Here are some pictures of our day. Above is the entrance area to Hetch Hetchy. Below is the dam that creates the resovoir.
We walked across the dam and through the tunnel to the trail. We thought that we would hike the 2.5 miles or so to Wapama Falls (even though we knew they would be mostly dry). As we started along, we were told by other hikers that there was a bear in the trail around the bend. We were pretty excited to see a bear - Jeff had never seen one in the wild before. As we went around the bend, another hiker said the bear ran up the hill. However, we still saw it moving around about 30 feet up the hill from the trail. Then, we saw a cub running behind the larger bear. This freaked me out a little because I didn't want to get attacked by an angry mom bear! We waited for about 30 minutes watching the bears run around the hill and down to the trail. We then decided to proceed on with a group of five other people that caught up to us. Below is a picture of the bear as we walked by her. (It is a little dark, but you can still see her)
The 'lake' of Hetch Hetchy is gorgeous! There were also some amazing views from the trail, which followed along the side of the lake. Jeff and I are below and Kolana Rock is behind us.
There were some pretty cool bridges along the trail. I am walking on one above. Below is one of my favorite pictures of part of the trail.
On the way back, the light was great for taking pictures. Below is Jeff and I in front of the lake. The color of the water was pretty amazing.
Saturday was a great day! We decided to drive to Yosemite and hike Hetch Hetchy. This is something that I wanted to do before we left California because Pacific has a huge John Muir collection and a lot of his work on Hetch Hetchy. It was the perfect day for hiking! (Note: Hetch Hetchy is in the northern part of Yosemite. It is an area that supplies the San Francisco Bay Area - which is around 180 miles away - with its' drinking water.) Here are some pictures of our day. Above is the entrance area to Hetch Hetchy. Below is the dam that creates the resovoir.
We walked across the dam and through the tunnel to the trail. We thought that we would hike the 2.5 miles or so to Wapama Falls (even though we knew they would be mostly dry). As we started along, we were told by other hikers that there was a bear in the trail around the bend. We were pretty excited to see a bear - Jeff had never seen one in the wild before. As we went around the bend, another hiker said the bear ran up the hill. However, we still saw it moving around about 30 feet up the hill from the trail. Then, we saw a cub running behind the larger bear. This freaked me out a little because I didn't want to get attacked by an angry mom bear! We waited for about 30 minutes watching the bears run around the hill and down to the trail. We then decided to proceed on with a group of five other people that caught up to us. Below is a picture of the bear as we walked by her. (It is a little dark, but you can still see her)
The 'lake' of Hetch Hetchy is gorgeous! There were also some amazing views from the trail, which followed along the side of the lake. Jeff and I are below and Kolana Rock is behind us.
There were some pretty cool bridges along the trail. I am walking on one above. Below is one of my favorite pictures of part of the trail.
On the way back, the light was great for taking pictures. Below is Jeff and I in front of the lake. The color of the water was pretty amazing.
We had a great day! Sunday was spent playing flag football and doing some homework. Tonight we are going to play broom-ball with my area. It should be a good time!
posted by Jeff and Heidi | 5:39 PM
1 Comments:
I love hiking and you guys have some of the best hiking! What a beautiful place to live. I'm really hoping we get snow for Christmas! Have a wonderful holiday!
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