Exciting drive
Date: 06/28/2008
It's about 4 hours from San Francisco to Pinecrest.
Catch
Date: 06/28/2008
Catch
Date: 06/28/2008
Nana and Tay
Date: 06/28/2008
Peter and Susan
Date: 06/28/2008
Anne
Date: 06/28/2008
Mom and Dan
Date: 06/28/2008
Pete at the oven...as usual
Date: 06/28/2008
...as usual
Taylor helps Nana
Date: 06/28/2008
Sleeping al fresco...requires a bit of setup
Date: 06/28/2008
...requires a bit of setup
Camp Gold pool
Date: 06/29/2008
Beware of Bear
Date: 06/29/2008
Grinstead cabin"Cedar Chest"
Date: 06/29/2008
Our families have been staying at the Grinstead's "Cedar Chest" for more than 30 years.
Jack and ToddMmm, s'mores!
Date: 06/30/2008
Roasting marshmallows for s'mores is delicate work.
Nancy and JackGimmee gimmee!
Date: 06/30/2008
Assembling s'mores is even more delicate work.
Jack, Beryl and NancyHiking the lake
Date: 07/01/2008
Hiking the lake
RestingIt's about 4 miles around the lake
Date: 07/01/2008
It's about 4 miles around Pinecrest Lake.
Beryl and JackDarn dam
Date: 07/01/2008
Pinecrest Lake Dam
Another rest
Date: 07/01/2008
Nearing the midpoint
Date: 07/01/2008
Taylor, Pete and ToddGo jump in a lake
Date: 07/01/2008
Go jump in a lake.
Lunch breakMeal and swim punctuate the hike
Date: 07/01/2008
A walk around Pinecrest Lake always includes lunch and a swim at a rocky outcropping at about the mid-point.
Todd and his momA trick of perspective
Date: 07/01/2008
Todd looks huge here, much bigger than his mother, but it's a trick of perspective.
Anne and Taylor
Date: 07/01/2008
More jumping in the lake
Date: 07/01/2008
Beryl and NancySorority sisters
Date: 07/01/2008
The sorority sisters reach maturity
NestingOsprey nest behind the cabin
Date: 07/02/2008
We keep an eye on the osprey nest behind the cabin.
TaylorSwimming in Pinecrest Lake
Date: 07/02/2008
For the kids, swimming in Pincrest Lake is the main point.
Mom and PeteTanning (or burning) is the next point
Date: 07/02/2008
All the swimmers burned pretty badly.
Tay
Date: 07/02/2008
Taylor washing upTay was very helpful
Date: 07/03/2008
Tay was very helpful throughout the week. No, really.
SpoonsA nighttime favorite
Date: 07/03/2008
No TV, no computers. But everyone enjoyed a good hand (or 12) of Spoons.
Egg in a basketPete supervises Todd
Date: 07/03/2008
Another Pinecrest tradition: Eggs in a basket (egg fried in the hole cut into a piece of toast).
Movies under the starsVery popular
Date: 07/03/2008
Films at the Pinecrest Amphitheater are really popular, especially now that they're showing first-run pictures. This year we saw Get Smart, Kung Fu Panda, and Raiders of the Lost Ark IV.
TimPinecrest Theater
Date: 07/03/2008
Peter
Date: 07/04/2008
Claire
Date: 07/04/2008
Claire, Dan & Beryl
Date: 07/04/2008
Breaking down and packing up...and packing up
Date: 07/05/2008
