It's Not My Fault

Actually, it's probably not any one's fault. Labeled "The Mammoth Earthquake Fault" most believe that it's actually a Fissure that resulted from a mammoth (pun intended) earthquake several years ago. It was still fun to explore.





















This is June Lake, and the Little Mermaid is Katie. I had no idea that the water would be so clear. The water was a little chilly, but that didn't stop the kids from swimming.




















That's Laura in her bright yellow Perception Antigua kayak




















This is where Laura and Katie dropped off me and my bike. They took the safe gondola halfway down the mountain as I plummeted the entire way down, and lived to blog.






















Here's Keegan's mountain top experience.

The Coleman Family Vacation 2007 - Day 1 - Randsburg

One of the reasons we bought this climate warming 8 passenger Family Truckster 1500 was that it would be a great vacation vehicle. The Suburban did not let us down. With three rows of seats and plenty of storage, each kid was able to rest comfortably in his/her own area code, each equipped with enough ubiquitous cupholders for morning and afternoon juice boxes, while the parents did not hear the three dreaded words of a family intrastate vacation..."He's touching me!"

The first stop of our week long journey was the often over looked town of Randsburg, CA. If I remember correctly, Randsburg was a mining town back in it's heyday, and the fact that 'heyday' is singular seems to fit here. I can't remember what they mined around here, but my educated guess would be rust. Our vacation buddies on this trip were the, equally as ubiquitous as the cupholders, Buechelers. While I'm not sure exactly how many there are of them, there are a lot, and they are mostly little screaming girls. One of them is our God Daughter, Emmy. Walking through the town that sidewalks forgot it's easy to imagine just how miserable it might have been to live there long ago, but...ah, it's a nice place to visit, and now I can check Randsburg off of my "Why in the world did I visit this place list."

Next, on to Mammoth!