Anniversary Road Trip – Day 6 – Relaxing

Tour of the Ahwahnee and grounds
Originally uploaded by Kiki Karia.
After a delicious breakfast in the Ahwahnee dining room, Mike and I went back to our cottage to take care of some business. We needed to do laundry. It has been almost a week since we left on our anniversary road trip, and we [...]

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Anniversary Road Trip – Day 5 Home in Yosemite

El Capitan
Originally uploaded by Kiki Karia.
After a fitful night’s sleep, we arose around 6:00AM, quickly loaded the vehicle and headed for Yosemite National Park. The sky was blue, but clouds seem to be ever with us so far on this trip. We turned west onto Hwy 120 and made our way up Tioga [...]

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Anniversary Road Trip – Day 4 Continued

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Originally uploaded by Kiki Karia.
We stopped at the store to pick up a few items and then headed northwest on Hwy 395 towards a canyon that Mike wanted to explore. I later found out it was called Pine Creek Canyon. We took the Pine Creek Road exit. It was [...]

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Anniversary Road Trip Day 4 – Laws Railroad Museum

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Originally uploaded by Kiki Karia.
Today our plans were to stop at the local Laws Railroad Museum, visit the Galen Rowell Light Gallery and do some exploring. After a continental breakfast provided by The Best Western lodge where we were staying, we headed in the direction of the Laws Railroad Museum. Since it did [...]

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Happy Fathers’ Day!

Father & Son hanging out (literally)
Originally uploaded by Kiki Karia.

This Father’s Day was extra special because our son is now a father-to-be. We spent a relaxing afternoon here at the house with Jeremy and Molly. After Jeremy did a bang up job grilling our food, and our tummies were happy and filled, Mike [...]

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Minaret Summit View, Mono Lake and Bishop

Minaret Summit View
Originally uploaded by Kiki Karia.
ANNIVERSARY ROAD TRIP DAY 3
Today we were up and on the road by 9:00 AM. We were headed to our next destination – the town of Bishop. The skies were a milky white with darker clouds gathering on the horizon. The temperature was in the low [...]

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Sawtooth Range at Twin Lakes

Sawtooth Range at Twin Lakes
Originally uploaded by Kiki Karia.
Thursday morning the day welcomed us with crystal clear skies. The Sawtooth range was blazing against the Cerulean sky. Mike and I took several pictures before we walked over to the Village Café for breakfast. As we began to pray over our meal, our [...]

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Anniversary Road Trip

Well, we are off on our 30th anniversary road trip. We may not have Internet coverage every where we go, but when we do, I will post some of our adventures. Here is day 1:
We pulled out of our driveway about 10:01am. The day was overcast, windy and in the 60’s. We have been having [...]

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Another Surprise

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Originally uploaded by Kiki Karia.

The month of May was full of surprises in the Mester household. About three weeks ago on a Tuesday night after church, we were walking out to our vehicle. We just happened to park next to Jeremy and Molly’s vehicle, and while walking out with [...]

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Redeeming the Time

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Originally uploaded by Kiki Karia.

The month of May was an eventful and full time for our family. It began with a surprise party for my beloved husband Mike, who turned 50 that month, and it ended with another surprise party for my dear brother-in-law Pete, who also turned 50 in early June. [...]

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