Day 9 - Our final move

Randy even enjoyed playing with the dogs.

The river that runs beside the house - I found a rock and made it my seat even though it looks like I'm sitting on the water!

The view is from their yard and the house is another one of their rentals.

We spent a good part of the day in the car...Jerry wins an award for mountain driving! I haven't gotten behind the wheel since we've gotten here. (I think Jerry fears for all of our lives with me driving in the mountains - can't say that I blame him:). We drove out of Sequoia through King's Canyon. There was a prescribed fire on the way out - wow, smokey! We rented a small cabin/house for the last leg of our trip. After spending the last 8 nights in hotel rooms with 5 people, having a little extra space is really great. The grounds here are BEAUTIFUL. Our bedroom is right next to the river that runs through their property which borders Yosemite park. We have our window open and can hear the water running. The family that owns the place lives on the property as well. They are really hospitable and knowledgable about the area. They have 4 other cabins/houses that they rent out in addition to their own home. They have 4 dogs that are as friendly as can be, and the girls have made instant friends with them. The small terrier (Liza Jane) had puppies 6 weeks ago, and the girls have been loving on them and playing with them. The puppies are a terrier - pug mix and are really cute. They have been trying to convince us to stow one away in our luggage on the way home.

The house is really well-stock with games, and the children and I enjoyed a fun game of Dogopolgy tonight on the porch. It was great to have a home-cooked meal (well, Stouffer's lasagna) for dinner tonight.

We are planning a "Yosemite on Steroids Day" tomorrow. Our trusty host recommended that we get up and out early...(remember I mentioned about the slow-moving machine that is the Schroeder family?!? The shuttle that we missed was at 10AM!!) He suggested that we get up and get out by 7:30 because there are lots of visitors in the park this time of year, and it may be difficult to get a parking spot. We plan on seeing all that we can see tomorrow. In our cabin is a cool poster/drawing done in the 1930s of the park. Our host talked us through lots of plans and ideas of things we can do tomorrow. The alarms are set for 6:30 and the bags are packed...I'll let you know how successful we were at departing anywhere near early AM...I think we can, I think we can...

We are planning on having a restful day here at the cabin on Saturday as we prepare to head home on Sunday. There are some really fun things to do right here at the cabin (I'll tell you more about one of them in my next post.)

Thanks for following us and making comments...it has been fun letting you all know what we are doing. I miss you and can't wait to hear what has been happening in your worlds when we get back.