Richardson Grove

It is always gorgeous up at Richardson Grove and this trip proved to be no different.  The redwoods keep everything cooler and the river is always nice for the kids to raft down.

We went for our usual Redwoods walk with a ranger, but the ranger never showed up.  Ranger Robert stepped up to the plate and I think the kids got more out of that walk than the usual one.  

Austin found a couple of 4 leaf clovers.  The rest of us looked and looked but we were never able to find another.  He's a very lucky boy to have around.  

We spent the rest of our time playing at the lake, taking hikes and sitting around the campfire.  And taking pictures!  It was so wonderful to get all those grandkids together again.  It never takes long for them to get comfortable with each other again and since so many of them are close to someone else's age, they always seem to have a friend to play with.  Here are a few of the many pictures we took.  

The big boys...

 Look at Ethan's face in this picture.  Whatever was being said, he was very, very excited about....

The Grand-Boys

The Grand-Girls

 

The grown-up kids...

Putting the kids up in a really high tree trunk...the best time-out ever. 

 Finding fossils.

 The gun show.

 

I look like an angel in the picture, don't I?  Or maybe a scary ghost?  Everyone else looks pretty terrific though...

 

We loved out camping trip.  It was a perfect break from out 115 degree summer.  Ugh.  We don't get to see enough of the Jones clan and we are glad we got the chance to see (almost) everyone there.  The only people we were missing were Lindi and little Benjamin.  However, camping with a brand new baby would never be on my to-do list, and I'm sure they were both much more comfortable at home.  Lucky for us, we were (up until a couple of weeks ago) living 7 minutes away, so we did get our chances to visit before Nathan and Lindi's big move.  

Now we will start the count down until our next reunion.