Spring Break 2008

We left for our Spring Break right after Easter dinner with the crazy cousins.  But first we decorated eggs with the van der Veens.

• Emma - small, medium and large
• Kent watching and waiting - small, medium and large
• Ken with ears - small, medium and large
• Kent decorating - small, medium and large

Mono Lake

No pictures at Tahoe, but we did have fun with Rex and Waylan.  On the way out we stopped at this overlook above Mono Lake

• Sara, Kent and Malcolm - small, medium and large
• Kent and Jensen - small, medium and large
• Malcolm and Sara - small, medium and large
• Kent - small, medium and large
• The lake and the Eastern Sierras - small, medium and large

The boys were ready to play

• Sara, Kent and Malcolm - small, medium and large
• Jensen and Kent - small, medium and large
• Kent - small, medium and large
• Jensen and Kent jump over the railing - small, medium and large
• Jensen and Kent - small, medium and large
• Mom reacts - small, medium and large

Death Valley!

Father Crowley Point... our first view of the desert

• Kent holding up the mountains - small, medium and large
• Woops, they slipped - small, medium and large
• Kent and Jensen - small, medium and large
• Jensen and Kent goofing off - small, medium and large

Harmony Borax Works

• Jensen, Sara, Malcolm and Kent - small, medium and large
• Malcolm and Sara - small, medium and large
• Jensen - small, medium and large
• Walking over the hills - small, medium and large

We caught up with Debra and her boys.  It was great to spend the day with them. 

• Debra and Benjamin - small, medium and large
• Debra and Benjamin - small, medium and large
• Benjamin - small, medium and large
• Alex - small, medium and large

Debra!

• Debra with alex and Benjamin - small, medium and large
• Alex, Debra and Benjamin - small, medium and large
• Debra and Sara - small, medium and large
• Debra and Sara - small, medium and large
• Sara and Debra - small, medium and large

Badwater - the lowest point in the continental US.

• Kent points out the sign (sea level) - small, medium and large
• Sara and Jensen walking across the salt flat - small, medium and large
• Kent tasting the salt - small, medium and large
• Malcolm and Kent - small, medium and large

Natural Bridge

• Jensen looking for rocks - small, medium and large
• Debra wanting Kent and Jensen climb - small, medium and large
• Kent and Jensen are king of the mountain - small, medium and large
• Jensen wants to come down the hard way - small, medium and large
  

• Jensen flying - small, medium and large
• Jensen and Kent - small, medium and large
• Kent, Jensen, Alex and Benjamin - small, medium and large
• Kent, Jensen, Alex and Benjamin - small, medium and large
• Kent, Jensen, Alex and Benjamin - small, medium and large
  

• Jensen, Alex and Kent - small, medium and large
• Kent - small, medium and large
• Alex and Kent, Sara and Jensen - small, medium and large
• Alex with Sara, Jensen and Kent above - small, medium and large
• Jensen and Kent - small, medium and large
• Jensen and Kent - small, medium and large
• Kent and Jensen - small, medium and large
  

• Sara and Debra - small, medium and large
• Jensen and Kent under the bridge - small, medium and large
• Benjamin and Alex - small, medium and large

Artist's Walk - We enjoyed the cairns, really an amazing site in the middle of the desert

• Sara - small, medium and large
• Sara making a new one - small, medium and large
• The cairns - small, medium and large
• Debra and the cairns - small, medium and large 
  

• Sara - small, medium and large
• Sara and Debra - small, medium and large
• Debra, Malcolm and Sara - small, medium and large

Golden Canyon at the end of the day

• Rocks - small, medium and large
• Hills - small, medium and large
• Canyon - small, medium and large

Sunrise at Zabriskie Point

• Sara and Malcolm - small, medium and large
• Sara, Malcolm and Debra - small, medium and large
• Kent - small, medium and large
• Malcolm and Kent - small, medium and large
• Malcolm and Kent - small, medium and large
  

• Sunrise, looking east - small, medium and large
• Sunrise, looking west into Death Valley - small, medium and large
• Sunrise, looking west into Death Valley - small, medium and large
• Looking west into Death Valley - small, medium and large
  

• A view of Death Valley at Sunrise from Zimbriskie Point - small, medium and large
• A view of Death Valley at Sunrise from Zimbriskie Point - small, medium and large
• A view of Death Valley at Sunrise from Zimbriskie Point - small, medium and large
• A view of Death Valley at Sunrise from Zimbriskie Point - small, medium and large
• A view of Death Valley at Sunrise from Zimbriskie Point - small, medium and large
• A view of Death Valley at Sunrise from Zimbriskie Point - small, medium and large 
  

• Kent climbing the rocks below Zimbriskie Point - small, medium and large
• Kent climbing the rocks below Zimbriskie Point - small, medium and large
• The rocks below Zimbriskie Point - small, medium and large 
  

• Flowers below Zimbriskie Point - small, medium and large
• Flowers below Zimbriskie Point - small, medium and large

Dante's View

• Sunrise spreading over Death Valley - small, medium and large
• Kent at Dante's View - small, medium and large
• Sunrise spreading over Death Valley - small, medium and large
• Kent and Sara - small, medium and large
• Kent, Sara and Debra - small, medium and large

Flowers

• Yellow (species?) - small, medium and large
• Blue (species?) - small, medium and large
• Yellow with a spine (species?) - small, medium and large
• Yellow (species?) - small, medium and large
• Yellow (species?) - small, medium and large

Funny

• It's not the smokers who are exiled, but the computer users :-) - small, medium and large

Dunes

• Ben contemplating - small, medium and large
• Kent and Jensen - small, medium and large
• Kent rolling - small, medium and large
• Kent rolling - small, medium and large
• Sara and Debra - small, medium and large
• Kent and Sara - small, medium and large

Ubehebe Crater

• Jensen and Kent running down - small, medium and large
• Kent on the talus - small, medium and large
• Kent and Jensen exploring - small, medium and large
• Sara heading down the crater wall - small, medium and large
• Sara, Jensen and Kent eating lunch - small, medium and large
• Sara and Jensen - small, medium and large

Ubehebe Peak - At the saddle

• Kent, and Jensen looking down towards the playa - small, medium and large
• The whole family - Kent, Sara, Jensen and Malcolm - small, medium and large
• Sara - small, medium and large
• Sara - small, medium and large
  

• Jensen waving - small, medium and large
• Approaching the saddle - small, medium and large
• Cool lichen - small, medium and large
• Looking northwest from the saddle - small, medium and large
  

• Saline Valley from saddle near Ubehebe Peak - small, medium and large
• Saline Valley from saddle near Ubehebe Peak - small, medium and large
• Saline Valley from saddle near Ubehebe Peak - small, medium and large
  

• Kent, Jensen and Sara plan - small, medium and large
• Kent, Jensen and Sara play - small, medium and large
• Jensen and Sara head down - small, medium and large
• Jensen and Sara explore, grandstand in the background - small, medium and large
• Jensen - small, medium and large
• Sara and Jensen - small, medium and large

Darwin Falls - Water in Death Valley!!!

• Sara modeling - small, medium and large
• Sara - small, medium and large
• Jensen and Kent in the water - small, medium and large
• Kent in the water - small, medium and large
• Jensen and Kent take the high road - small, medium and large
• Malcolm and Sara - small, medium and large
• Sara - small, medium and large

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• Kent and Jensen hike up ahead - small, medium and large
• Darwin Falls - small, medium and large
• A frog in Death Valley! - small, medium and large
• Dragonfly - small, medium and large
• Moth - small, medium and large
• Kent and Jensen hiking back - small, medium and large