Spring Break

Last week, we took a spring break trip to Angels Camp, CA. It is a goldrush town in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Slightly random, but really, really fun. 

Clara helped pack. Sort of. 

On our first day, we drove to Big Trees State Park to see the gigantic sequoia trees. 

Peter was excited. 

These guys loved running around on the enormous tree stump right at the park's entry. 

Artistic shot with lens flares... Nice job, Ben. 

Snacks on the trail. 

A fallen down giant tree. Peter wanted to climb it, of course. 

Hard to describe how big the trees were...

Hikers. 

Clara - "Big, big trees" 

Cute kids. 

After our hike, we went to a winery. They had beautiful daffodils and tulips all over the place. So neat. 

The winery was on the site of an old goldmine. 

Cool! 

We had a really yummy picnic lunch before we headed back to our hotel for an afternoon of swimming and splashing in the pool.  

The next day, we went to Columbia, CA, another old goldmining town where the main street is basically the same as it was in the 1850s. 

The town museum had cool dress ups. 

I think most miner's wives wore green pants under their dresses, don't you think?

This was the coolest part of the town... 

Looking for gems ("jams") and gold... 

... with a little help from Dad. 

Clara and I had a staring contest at lunch. 

And we couldn't pass up the candy store. 

Enjoying our treats from the candy store. 

We spent another afternoon (in the pool, of course), evening and morning in Angels Camp before heading back to LA. It was lots of fun and we were so impressed with how well the kids did in the car. Maybe there are more road trips in our future.