Fremont Peak State Park

Turns out its nearly impossible to get a campsite reservation on a summer weekend in California. So Root and Erik and their crews got together with us at Fremont Peak State Park, up the hill from Monterey. Here's Elaina showing us just what spectacular fun can be had:

We had a great time camping in the rain. So we went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium to get dry:

Mira at the touch pool:

On our hike, we found a great hole in a tree filled with water and mosquito larva:

Leo and Xander, tired or bored?

Leo and Xander would go tearing down the trail and I'd be running after them (there was a ton of poison oak everywhere), yelling, "Leo! Xander!". It sounded just like me at home yelling, "Leo Zander"!