On Sunday, June 20th we drove up to Wrights Lake and went on the Twin Lakes Trail. It is 5.4 miles round trip and James hiked the whole trail except for about 5 minutes. On the way we encountered SNOW at about 7800' elevation. The temperature was in the low 60's but with the blazing sun it was very pleasant. We started out around 11 am and finished at 4pm, so about 1 mile per hour. That includes snowball fights, looking at every pool of water, poking sticks in each hole we see, sitting on any interesting rocks, etc.
The Twin Lakes trail (
photos) heads up into the Desolation Wilderness and from the photos you can see why it is named so. We enjoyed the hike, but there were a lot of mosquitoes near the bog area. Need to bring a lot of spray the next time.
On Saturday, Jaimie and I went on a motorcycle ride called a Poker Run while Grandma watched James. The Poker Run was a fund raiser for the Snowline Hospice in Placerville. There were about 250 motorcycles in the run. You ride your motorcycle to 5 different sites and get a card. The person with the best hand wins something, I had a 3, 5, 8, 10 and an Ace, I don't think you win much with that kind of hand... 
We normally we hike on Sunday but this weekend we had some kids over for Jamesy's birthday. We had a delicious home-made cake (Jaimie made an outstanding cake once again) and then went to the pool and swam a bit. He got a lot of great gifts and was very excited. He hauled a bag of his loot around all the next day. One of his favorite gifts was a wheelbarrow from his Grandparents Bill and Tina. Here is a photo of James eating his lunch in it. 
James is in kindergarten camp this week and next. It is a way for the kids coming in to Kindergarten to get used to the school, make some friends, and learn how to behave before the school year starts. He seems to like it. This is a photo of James on his first day of Kindergarten Camp.
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