Hell walk

#WhereisJosh?    Apparently, he's all over the place, and it's our job to follow him and pick up the slack.

Before - clean, not sweaty, well rested, smiling, etc.

 The real story here is that Josh is a dude that works at a televisio/movie studio.  You know, a big one that makes movies stuff like Mission Impossible, Star Trek, Lost, and more.  You've heard of it, trust me.

Back to Josh... He lost a bet or something and had to do a fundraiser last year.  He chose to rent out a soundstage, put a 100' circle on the floor and walk around it for 24 hours...without stopping.  This year, he's going bigger and better, by walking 100 miles through LA without stopping, starting on 8am Saturday morning and not stopping until he finishes...on Sunday afternoon-ish.  Yikes, that's a lot of walking.  We learned a lot about LA..and not always the good parts.  Look!  There's the Hollywood sign!

Sara and I helped wrangle participants that volunteered to walk 5 mile stretches with him.  It was a little surreal, I won't lie.  We drove studio execs around town, hung out with animators, directors, models, and actors.  We spotted Jay Leno in a Model T, shook hands with a 7-foot tall billionaire, and crammed way too many people in an SUV.  You can't make stuff like this up!

 Josh walked, and walked, and walked....right into the next day.  By the way, why is he the only one NOT wearing orange?

A little family togetherness for some good times...

Bernardo Mountain (1,145')

Small Mountain, great view.

This was a quick after-work hike with Nathan and Dad to check off one of the San Diego 100 peaks.  I can't believe that I've never been to the top, given how much mountian-biking and hiking I've done around Lake Hodges over the years.  Well, I can finally say it's been checked off now.  And I am now 12% done with the San Diego 100!

 Here's a link to our path.  We started near the "old peoples' home" on West Bernardo Drive, rather than the traditional trailhead on the north side of the lake.  This gave us a chance to walk over the pedestrian bridge and avoid the smell of dead things under the freeway bridge.  Gross.   Anyway, for a panoramic view from the top, click here.

Back in the saddle for Sara!

Just your average pedestrian.  I spotted this fellow on my way home.

Believe it or not, the dog did NOT get any burrito.

Deana's Bridal Shower

Vladic Ranch is all decked out!

 The presents are ready...

And here's the bride!

Sea World

Pretty much all the rides were broken, but at least the animals were working..."it".

 This would be Shamu and Shamette making little Shamu.  

(If you don't know what that means, go ask your mother.)

   

 

I decided to call these "dinner fish".  A group of dinner fish is called a restaurant.

Nom! Nom! (in 5 pictures)

Or.... "How to Make Your Husband Very Hungry"

"Sprinkles" original recipe cupcakes!

Wikipedia gets the picture credit today.

I just found out this is where my brother will be working all Summer.  I am now insanely jealous.

Bro time at Stone Brewery, and I forgot to take a picture of the beer.

Just workin'.  No glamorous celebrities today.

Sara officially christened the best purchase of the month...  An awesome fly-swatter.  Just in time for Summer!

11:00 pm.  Situation normal.  The household population is unconscious.

White Mountain (14,252')

To be perfectly fair, White Mountain is only a 2,000 foot-tall volcano.  It just happens to be standing on a 12,000+ foot-tall plateau.  And THAT makes it a fourteener, and since it's in California...it must be climbed.

To reach the trailhead, you drive up, up, and up White Mountain road.

We stopped at Grandview Campground, apparently a popular place for ameteur astronomy buffs, to spend the night and adjust to the altitude before the hike.

 This is a very large sandwich, with Mark laboring up the mountain under its bulk.

 The Summit is in sight!

 Polemonium, sometimes called "Sky Pilots".  This one is growing, apparently without soil, at about 13,700'.

 Dad, on the side of a very large mountain.

 The summit of White Mountain, which is 14,252' above sea level.  (I bought a new flag!)

 Click here for a panorama view.

 

The summit, oddly, is only halfway.  Parts of this hike were pretty moon-like, I must say. However, despite the moon-like terrain, there are quite a few things living up there.

 There are more marmots than you can shake a stick at.  We saw a pika or two, and a weasel, which was faster than my camera.

This was my second 14er, and I can't wait to do the next.  It's too bad I can't fit all the good pictures in here!