Summertime Fun 2006!

The last two weekends Ting, Zoe, and I have been trying to get out a little more. Over the 4th of July holiday we met up with Yee, Kirk, and Baby Calvin in Big Bear, California to hang out for the weekend.

Big Bear is Southern California's answer to Lake Tahoe. The pictures below are from a trip out onto the lake in a rental pontoon boat.



Captain Steve at the helm of a very slow pontoon boat

Yee, Calvin, and Zoe hang on for dear life

Southern California "cabins" that line the shores of Big Bear Lake


This past weekend we met up with our friend Kurt Kuznicki of the Sierra Club for an overnight in the Black Rock Desert. The outing had secured access to Fly Geyser a geothermal feature on private land north of playa area. Picts below tell the tale.



Sunset over the Granite Range west of the Black Rock Playa

Now add one goofy kid who got to stay up late

Sunrise looking east over the Black Rock Playa towards the Jackson Range and King Lear Peak

Approach to the Fly Geyser North of the Playa

A close up on Fly Geyser. Note the colors from the minerals and algae

Fly Hot Springs (clothing optional on this Sierra Club outing)