The Heider Family Happenings

December 27, 2009

CA Part 2: Yosemite National Park

We went to Mariposa Grove in Yosemite to see some giant sequoia trees. Some of these trees are nearly 2,000 years old:

The tree behind us in the next picture is the Grizzly Giant. Not that impressive you say? Well, it has a diameter of 31 feet, and a circumference of nearly 100 feet:

El Capitan is nearly 4,000 feet, and the largest single granite rock on the earth. Really, really crazy climbers climb the face of this rock (which is a two day process) :

Tunnel View of Yosemite Valley:

Bridalveil Falls (Apparently more impressive earlier in the summer when there is more water...) :

The Half Dome:

CA Part 3: San Francisco

We stopped by Pier 39 to visit the sea lions:

And took a short cruise in the bay on a catamaran (It was REALLY cold, we were worried about Benjamin!):

You'd think I'd be the one to feed the seagulls, but go figure it was Jonathan who fed this one! And he hung around after that! ;-)

Lombard Street:

Postcard Row (I'm actually proud of this picture, I think it turned out well! And I didn't even have to Photoshop any people out!):

We went to the Aquarium at Golden Gate Park, where Benjamin actually seemed to enjoy watching the penguins:

We saw a really BIG fish:

And some smaller fish!:

As well as an ALBINO crocodile! (Apparently they don't do too well in the wild...) :

View in front of the Bay Bridge:

View from inside Coit Tower:

Alcatraz Island:

USS Pampanito from WWII:

Lizzy, we thought of you when we saw these luxurious accommodations! (Note there is a third row of bottom bunks as well, making beds for 36 in this room) :

This was the best picture we got of the Golden Gate Bridge, it was foggy the whole time we were there:

September 23, 2009

Well, here we go! It's been about two months since I've posted, so I thought I'd finally update anyone who's interested on what we've been up to this summer! It's been pretty busy, but lots of fun also! We did just return from an 11 day trip to California, but it just so happens that we took somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,000 pictures... so until I manage to sort through them all, this will have to suffice!

Hope you are all doing well, and in the meantime I just though I'd share this picture because I think it's just about the cutest ever! Little boys definitely need their daddies. :-)