#35-The long journey home

We stopped in Sun Valley and Ketchum to visit with a dear friend of Jacks..I was happy to meet her-she's a very classy lady! This is a piece of art called  "Centerpiece"-the children have fun playing in and out of the structure. I just thought it unusual...

Outside of Ketchum are several streams and hot springs....we meandered up the road and followed the stream. Later we found the raod, ifwe wanted to, would take us to Boise!

Jack found a few pools in the stream and got his fishing pole out....and caught two rainbow trout!

So, I am treated to my first fresh trout dinner! Yum! 

Jack's culinary skills include filleting and the presentation was as good as any gourmet resturant.

Next day we headed west on 395 and stopped at Mono Lake. There is so much to see there! We watched several films and of course did the work for our Jr. Ranger badges. This was one of the toughest badges in our quest for obtaining the Jr. Ranger status....

Do you HooDoo? Nope, these are Tufas, the calcium deposit formed under water then shows as the lake    evaporates.

Then we continued on 395 to enter Yosemite via Tioga Pass...again, stunning scenery! I hadn't seen Half Dome from this position.

And, to finish the journey we went to Mariposa Grove-this is the clothespin tree.

And this is the walking-in tunnel tree, one of two that were cut out.

And our final, fifth Jr. Ranger badge-very fitting that  we saved our last badge for Yosemite.

So, now we're home, back in Coarsegold and boy, is it hot! We've been gone almost 5 months-where did the time go? It's been the most memorable, exciting journey I could ever imagine!