Sequoias, a Wedding, and the Beach

This last weekend Dad, Mom, and I went to California for Kelly Sargeant’s wedding (I guess she is Kelly Beruman now). Mom and I drove to Exeter where Dad is currently working and then we all drove a few hours away to the Sequoia National Park. The trees there were amazing! In pictures they are impressive but in person they are breath-taking. Then we drove back to the hotel and Dad and I went swimming, where we were both impressed with ourselves for treading water for fifteen minutes. The only bad thing was that Mom got sick that day and couldn't enjoy much of the sequoias, although she was determined to see the General Sherman - the largest living organism in the world! Poor Mom stayed in the car most of the day while Dad and I traipsed around. However, we did go to the store that night and get her some soup and we all ate dinner while watching part of Anaconda - the most excellently lame movie ever made.

The next day (Saturday) we drove another 3 hours to Morro Bay. The drive there was really pretty because there were lots of green trees and beautiful hills. The beach was fabulous as well – the weather was nice and even though it was a hazy day (due to the fires) we still had fun. We saw a family digging for clams, several fat chipmunks, some sea stars, a life guard running to rescue someone, and we found out that Morro Rock cannot be climbed by the public. From the beach we raced across California, through some desert in the middle of nowhere on the windiest road in the world, so that we could make it to Kelly’s wedding on time. We made it on time even though the wedding didn’t as it started one hour late (we blamed the combination of Mormon standard and Hispanic time frames). Here are some pictures that I took:


Rocks at Morro Bay.


Morro Rock (in the Sequoias, not to be confused with Morro Bay)


Dad and two Sequoias. These were the only two that we could get close enough to touch, and these were just little guys!