Christ Reformed Invades the Eastern Sierras

Well, its that time of year again.  A bunch of folks from Christ Reformed Church will make their way from Anaheim to the Eastern Sierras for a week of fun and relaxation.  Most years we camp, but this year we will be "condoing."  My wife is especially thrilled about this, since it is much harder to encounter a bear from the second story of a condo, than it is in a campsite--which is a common occurrence for us even though there are bear boxes and we are careful campers!

We'll be hitting all the tourist sites in and around Mammoth Lakes this week, so if you happen to be at the Hot Springs, the Postpile, the Village, Lake Mary, Angel's, Perry's, Roberto's or the Stove, or even up on Tioga Pass, you just might run into some of us. 

The Riddleblog will be quiet for the next week (unless I post a few pictures from the trip), so enjoy some of the sermons, academy lectures and other things posted here in days past.  You might even want to go back and look at some of the old posts from way back.

Thanks to all of you who stop here to read the latest post.  Your comments are thoughtful, intelligent and witty.  I haven't had near the problems with blog trolls in the comments sections that other bloggers have had.  I truly appreciate you guys!

Back next week, Lord willing, perhaps with a "bear raiding a condo" story! 

Update on Thursday, August 9, 2007 at 09:10PM by Kim Riddlebarger

Our gang is having a blast here in the Eastern Sierras!  Some of our group made it to the top of Pothole Dome in Tuolumne Meadows (in Yosemite).

Update on Friday, August 10, 2007 at 04:24PM by Kim Riddlebarger

Here are a few of us at the Consolidated Mine at Mammoth.  Some of us went fishing, some just relaxed, and some of us took the kids up to see a real gold mine.

Comments

[Chris Sherman]

Have a good trip, but beware of Mt Ritter.

http://www.monosar.org/operations.html

Read the September 7 , 8 2006 account- Aaron Sherman is my son. Thats him hanging below the rescue helicopter in the pic.

It's actually a bit embarrassing since my father used to teach mountaineering courses.

Happy ending though.

[timinator]

Enjoy a little bit of Heaven or at least the closet thing to it on earth. Look forward to the fall to hear the second part of New Perspectives on Paul and especially Wednesday night teaching.

God Bless and enjoy your vacation.

[GrinningDwarf]

Glad your having a great time!!

I was on a Backcountry trail crew in Yosemite in 1987, and we took the Yosemite Mountaineering Institute's basic climbing course on Pothole Dome. We spent about three weeks camped at Tuolumne Meadows working on the trails around it until the snow cleared enough for us to get up to our main project at Vogelsang High Sierra Camp.

Enjoy!