When I asked Kate and Daniel what they wanted to do for Spring Break this year, they said they wanted to go to Six Flags Amusement Park in California. So we did. They went on lots of roller coasters that went upside down and sideways and traveled more than 90 miles an hour and I thought were generally sickening, but Kate, Daniel, and Tom who met us there thought were totally awesome.
The next day no one wanted to get out of bed,
but we went to the beach. On the way we bought some fresh strawberries and avocados to eat. We found lots of fun rocks and went wading and played frisbee, but we didn't take any pictures.
We left the beach around 3 p.m. and drove to Nojoqui Falls, about 45 minutes inland.
We drove into the central valley to spend the night. The next day we went to see the Giant trees at Sequoia National Park. There was still a lot of snow in the Sierra Mountains.
We ate lunch by some large rocks and everyone read a book.
On Friday we drove into Death Valley National Park. The first stop was a 1 mile hike up a very dry canyon with a surprise at the end: Darwin Falls. Kate kissed a frog, but it did not turn into a handsome prince as she is too young to get married.
We ate lunch at the Salt Spring and watched the tiny pup fish playing in the salty water. This day it was very hot. 91 degrees F, but the wild flowers were beautiful.
Kate and Daniel and Tom were very hot and wanted to go home, so we drove home and got in at 1:30 in the morning. Elise and Max were glad to see us.
