HOME AFTER DINNER - TOMORROW I TURN 30 - NOT SURE HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT

MMM CARNITAS AT ROBERTO'S - SO GOOD. C IS ATE AN ENTIRE PLATE OF RICE AND ABOUT 500 CHIPS. MAMMOTH PALE ALE - YUM!

DINNER AT ROBERTO'S - 1 HOUR WAIT, SO WE WALKED OVER TO SEE SHERWIN VILLAS - UNIT 32 - AND HAD SOME MORE SBUX

AFTER THE NAP WE WENT SWIMMING - THE OUTDOOR POOL WAS TOO COLD SO WENT TO THE INDOOR POOL

DROVE AROUND TOWN FOR A BIT TO GET C TO TAKE A MUCH NEEDED NAP. GOING SWIMMING AT THE POOL LATER

AT THE FALLS WE ATE AND SKIPPED ROCKS THEN C WALKED MOST OF THE WAY BACK TO RED'S MEADOW

AFTER A LOT OF UNSUCCESSFUL HAGGLING I CARRIED HIM IN THE BACKPACK TO THE FALLS

GOT DOWN TO THE POSTPILE WHERE WE HAD A LITTLE OUTBURST ABOUT THE WALK

C WANTS TO TRY SKIING THIS YEAR NOT SURE IF HE SHOULD SKI OR BOARD FIRST

RODE THE GONDALA TO THE TOP OF MAMMOTH THE MTN LOOKS VERY DIFF IN SUMMER

STUFFED WITH GIOVANNIS AND ANCHOR STEAM IT IS TIME FOR BED

WE RODE OUR BIKES TO SBUX AND PLAYED AT THE NEW PARK ON OLD MAMMOTH ROAD

THEY PUT A SBUX IN AT CORNER OF MINARET AND OLD MAMMOTH WILL BIKE OVER LATER

SO WE ARE IN OUR SNOWCREEK CONDO NOW THE BATH WATER WAS EXTREMELY DIRTY

NOW FOR THE FIRST SUBWAY RUN OF THE TRIP

RIGHT AFTER ME C CAUGHT ONE DESPITE ME NOT BELIEVING HIM HE GAVE IT AWAY LATER

CAUGHT ONE AND TRIED TO RELEASE BUT IT FLOATED BOO

FISHING AT LAKE GEORGE SO FAR WE HAVE YET TO CATCH ANYTHING

WHOA CROWLEY LAKE IS ALMOST GONE THAT IS SAD

I HAVE TO SAY POTTYTRAINING MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE C WENT ALL DAY ON ONE PAIR OF UNDERWEAR AMAZING

I DO HAVE TO SAY THERE IS DEFINITELY A CAMPING SUBCULTURE THAT IS UNIQUE

WE MADE A FIRE AND HAD SMORES NOW WE ARE HEADED TO SCHATZ IN BISHOP YUM

C ALSO MANAGED TO CATCH THREE FISH ONE COMPLETELY ON HIS OWN

AFTER A LONG NIGHT WE ARE BACK ON THE ROAD C SLEPT REALLY WELL BUT NOT I

THE PLACE WHERE WE ARE CAMPING WAS IN GLADIATOR HAIL MAXIMUS

WE ARE IN LONE PINE IT IS HOT!

MAN WHY DID WE EVER GO TO RANDSBURG THAT PLACE IS A DUMP

MAN WHY DID WE EVER GO TO RANDSBURG THAT PLACE IS A DUMP

OK C IS ASLEEP WE ARE TWO HOURS FROM LP

ALABAMA ROCKS - JUST PASSED THE COCKY BULL WOOHOO

WOW WE COULD SEE THE SMOKE FROM THE FIRES AS WE WENT THRU THE MOUNTAINS

ALL C WANTS TO LISTEN TO IS WILCO YHF - WHAT HAVE I CREATED?

C IS GETTING AWNSY SO I GAVE HIM THE BASS FISHING CATALOG TO READ WATA DAD :-)

MAN I LOVE BEEF JERKY

WELL WE ARE ON OUR WAY STOPPED AT GRANDMAS FOR THE MUFFIN AND WE ARE OUT LOOKS LIKE C IS ABOUT TO NAP THE BIKE IS MOVING A BIT

TESTING THIS WAP INTERFACE BEFORE MY TRIP - IT SORTA BLOWS

pre-trip anxiety

so i turn 30 on sunday. rather than have a big party and all that hubub, i am taking c on a trip to the mountains - up to mammoth. i actually got brave and decided to camp for one night at the lone pine campsite

the tentative plan is:
- thursday: drive to lone pine, camp, fish, make a fire, eat s'mores, sleep
- friday: drive to mammoth, go fish, bike, swim, eat Giovannis
- saturday: go on the gondola, go down to devil's postpile, have lunch, swim, dinner at roberto's
- sunday: eat at the stove, drive home...

planning for the trip has proven somewhat hard... i need to make sure that i have stuff for c and i for fishing, camping, biking, hiking, as well regular clothes... complicating that, c is in the middle of potty training...

the product manager that i am, i found myself making a schedule of each event and listing the requirements for that event. i then made sure that each requirement was covered in the list of things to bring... i really think i'm losing my mind.

we'll see how the trip ends up. i am pretty stoked to have the time with c. i don't have a lot of expectations, just want to have fun. i'm also going to try and get some video captures and post a movie (another photoblog 2.0 feature request...)

WHINE: photo blogging needs love...

Why is there not an simple interface for me to blog and use my photos on either Yahoo!, Snapfish, or Ofoto?

All that I really want is empty page that starts in Windows.
I grab the files from my camera that I want, dump them on the page.
I can then arrange the pictures like I want them, and write text around the images.
Click the Blog button... all done.

Very very simple... why does this not exist? Us parents have very limited time for this crap! make it easier for us!

after shopping, c decides to hang out with his favorite lego guy

but on the way to check out, c decides to dress up like vladik - may turn out to be a halloween costume.

the proud boy - c has his vladik in hand and is ready to go checkout

c's into this new lego series called the knight's kingdom. they are like a mix between bionicle and a knight. there's 5 of them - the good ones: jayco, rascus, danju, and santis - then there is the bad one, vladik... each time c fills up his potty chart, he gets a new dude. today, c wants vladik.

grandma and c walk over towards the lego store in downtown disney. you can see the monorail track in the distance. downtown disney is a pretty cool place for kids. it's 10 minutes from grandma's house, so it is easy to go there. it's a good way to pretend you're on vacation, when you really aren't

c has been really doing well with the potty training, as a result, we're going to the lego store at downtown disney... here, we are out in front of the rainforest cafe

C, M, & G go to the museum....

Today, c, me, and grandma hit the discovery museum in santa ana. all in all i have to say that i was disappointed with the place. i mean, we got in for cheap, since grandma is a teacher, but without the discount, it would have been over-priced.

no matter, c seemed to enjoy  himself with all the activities and exhibits... tho he was afraid of the animatronic prehistoric shark thingee... and the lamprey eels.. he didn't like the earthquake thing either. the big hit was the roll the ball around the top of the funnel bowl thing and watch as the ball eventually starts to lose centrifugal force or whatever... regardless all these kids start trying to steal each other's balls and the whole thing degenerates into less of a science experiment and more of a who-can-through-the-ball-the-hardest sort of thing... which ironically is its own exhibit, albeit less popular.

Getting Started...

Wow... what pressure in the first posting there is...