We had our first annual cousins camping trip thanks to Elijah and Cindy. We spent three days in San Gorgonio with really nice weather (albeit a little hot during the day). The girls had lots of fun with their cousins and aunties. This will be a trip to remember, especially for Emmanuel, who got beat back [...]]]> Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/emmfan/er-fans/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-flickr-manager/FlickrManager.php on line 831

We had our first annual cousins camping trip thanks to Elijah and Cindy. We spent three days in San Gorgonio with really nice weather (albeit a little hot during the day). The girls had lots of fun with their cousins and aunties. This will be a trip to remember, especially for Emmanuel, who got beat back by some unruly firewood. [slideshow]

Here is some additional pics taken by Moses, our family’s ‘official’ photographer.

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For our second and more successful camping trip of the season, we went to San Gorgonio in the San Bernardino mountains. It was a little hot, but not unbearable. The kids had a lot of fun running around the campsite.

On Saturday, we tried to go to Forest Falls but it was closed due to bear activity. [...]]]> Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/emmfan/er-fans/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-flickr-manager/FlickrManager.php on line 831

For our second and more successful camping trip of the season, we went to San Gorgonio in the San Bernardino mountains. It was a little hot, but not unbearable. The kids had a lot of fun running around the campsite.

On Saturday, we tried to go to Forest Falls but it was closed due to bear activity. So we went to Jenks Lake instead and made a picnic of it. Later, we got to do a little geocaching before dinner.

Since Rebecca’s mom was visiting us from Taiwan, she decided to join us for her first time camping. Aside from losing sight of our campsite a couple of times, she had a pretty good time. All in all, it was a nice and relaxing time with friends and family. [slideshow]

Well, we decided to try camping at Dogwood again, even after last year’s Memorial Day weekend trip where we got snowed out. And as the curse would have it, we got rained out. Even though technically, it wasn’t rain, but heavy precipitation collecting on the trees and then falling down on us.

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Well, we decided to try camping at Dogwood again, even after last year’s Memorial Day weekend trip where we got snowed out. And as the curse would have it, we got rained out. Even though technically, it wasn’t rain, but heavy precipitation collecting on the trees and then falling down on us.

The kids as usual, had a grand ol’ time. But after getting soaked through the night with no let-up in the morning, we decided we’d had enough and headed back to sun-drenched warmth of home. [slideshow]

We started off the camping season with a weekend trip to Hurkey Creek in Idyllwild. We got to try out our new tent (which is plenty big, but also takes more to keep warm).  There was a creek bed behind our site which the kids spent most of their time playing in. Good friends and good [...]]]> Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/emmfan/er-fans/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-flickr-manager/FlickrManager.php on line 831

We started off the camping season with a weekend trip to Hurkey Creek in Idyllwild. We got to try out our new tent (which is plenty big, but also takes more to keep warm).  There was a creek bed behind our site which the kids spent most of their time playing in. Good friends and good fun. [slideshow]

We went for our second attempt at camping this year (the first was disrupted by weather) up in Big Bear Lake at Serrano Campground. And this time the weather was much more cooperative.

The girls did great and had lots of fun. It was good to hangout with old friends and just relax out in nature [...]]]>

We went for our second attempt at camping this year (the first was disrupted by weather) up in Big Bear Lake at Serrano Campground. And this time the weather was much more cooperative.

The girls did great and had lots of fun. It was good to hangout with old friends and just relax out in nature for the weekend. And Emmanuel got to squeeze in a mountain bike ride. [slideshow+videos]

Here is the GPS track of a short hike that we took the kids on Saturday morning:

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The next day, the rain [...]]]>
This was the first camping trip that we had gone on as a family since Elise was born. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t very cooperative, dumping snow, hail and rain the day we arrived. We were able to find a cabin to stay in for the first night. Here’s Elijah’s take on it.

The next day, the rain stopped long enough for us to set our tents up on the snow, but the cold was too extreme to sleep-in, so we ended up staying in a cabin for the rest of the weekend. The kids still had fun though, running around in the snow, and playing with their friends non-stop throughout the trip. [slideshow]