California Vacation

We went camping in California over 4th of July weekend with Rophone's family. It was the first of any kind of family reunion his family has had in the 18 years we've been together. Rophone's brother's wife just took the reins and arranged the whole thing. Good for her. Almost everyone was able to be there.


The weather was cloudy and cool-- not what you'd expect for July, but I thought it was perfect. We camped for 3 nights, which I also thought was just about perfect. Anything shorter wouldn't have been worth the effort, and anything longer might have caused conflicts to arise. 


I managed to take a few photos (not surprising, I'm sure). I won't post all of the several hundred I snapped on here (you're welcome), but I'll just post a select few (I use the term loosely) favorites of my family. If I included shots of all the folks that were there, you'd be here forever. Cursing my name.

I included this next shot because I think it's so crazy. The cousin on the far left is 3 months older than Ginger. The cousin in the middle is 6 months younger than Ginger. They're giants compared to her! I think Ginger must have been standing in a hole in the sand.

Here's a shot of Rophone's dad-- he was really happy to have everyone together. 

And a few photos of some non-people things, of course. Because that's the way I roll.

We loved our little Charlie-Brown-Christmas-Tree-Palm-Tree.

Okay. Back to folks again.

On our last night, the night of the 4th, we got to watch fireworks right over the water. A perfect finale to a great reunion.