Sunday, January 22, 2012

Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve

Today we took a rather spontaneous trip north to the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, which is near Jaime, John, and Kyan's house.  Since Jaime and John are busy preparing the house for the impending birth of their second son, we thought we'd take Kyan off of their hands for the morning.  Quinn has been asking to go see Kyan for weeks, so this trip was very overdue.  The boys had an absolute blast running screaming down the trails, climbing rocks/trees, and being silly little monsters.  The reserve is beautiful.  We only saw a small fraction of it on this trip, mostly oak woodlands, but the area appears to be very diverse ecologically and we look forward to visiting again when we have more time to explore.  





















Anza Borrego

I've not been very good about keeping the blog updated lately.  Oops.  Well, we've been back from GA for a while enjoying January in San Diego.  The weather has been pretty stunning and we've been taking advantage of it as much as possible.  A couple of weeks ago Emily suggested that we head out the desert, so we headed to Anza Borrego State Park for a morning hike.  We found a great road/trail that led up into a sheltered canyon.  We plan to head back there sometime soon for a weekend camping trip.





Self portraits:




A boy with his dog: