Here is my 2025 backpack trip with my hiking friend Tanette! We had the best campsite overlooking the lake and amazing views along the trail.

https://youtu.be/5UjDsTGdA60

2025 Etiwanda Peak

 Best hike this year! It took us 14 miles to go from an elevation of 4000 feet to go up to 8600. Tanette, my hiking buddy and I went up and down the mountains to reach the top of the world.

https://youtu.be/WfKIvX95Vtk?si=q-Na0MkAXDLkaQ1X

2024 highlights

Ready or not here comes 2025

 Where have we been? It will be obvious that we travel to hang out with our family. Our favorite memories? Camping in Santa Cruz and Joshua tree national Park. Tim’s favorite memory is the Grandchildren chasing fireflies, and putting Silas to sleep. And of course, we are both happy to discover pre-check TSA to make our airplane experiences a little bit easier.

We have been a hospitality House for several couples traveling through and enjoyed the blessing of meeting new people.

We also survived a disruption of having our home repiped, recarpeted and painted. We concluded that moving would’ve been a lot easier.

Camping Joshua Trees and spotting a UFO.

Marriage of 46 years

Enjoying Butchart Gardens in Canada. So very beautiful. Required a plane, a car and a ferry to get to this magical garden.

Charis, Dace, Aidan, Nolan, and Brinley live in Colorado Springs

Jerrol, Lauren, Sianna, Ellison, and Marianne live in Knoxville Tennessee

Just a few memories of grandpa with grandchildren

Bryant, Rachel, Annabelle, Ollie and Silas live in Southern California a mile from us

Hiking, biking, backpacking out of Yosemite balances out my work at UCI Health. (New name for our hospital but same work)

We are so blessed to have our parents. here is Tim’s mom.

Here is Char‘s mom

Here is Char’s dad and Marilyn with Sianna and Ellison

And below just a few of the beautiful things, God has made for us to enjoy.