I flew in Thursday evening to the Long Beach "Airport". Friday morning before Mom went into the office for a few hours, we climbed part of Mt. Rubideaux. I must say that I'm enthralled with the idea of getting all the way up sometime - that thing has a castle on top!
We didn't take a lot of pictures of our weekend, but we did take from pictures from our hike walk at Sycamore Canyon on Saturday. We were originally going to go to San Diego for some sight-seeing, but had car trouble. So, we turned back around and went back to Riverside. Mom decided to find Sycamore Canyon that she has heard about from another missionary couple. With the help of a nice young man at the health food store, we found it.
Maddox had the best ride ever in the Moby wrap!
A family hiking by took our picture for us. Riverside is in the background because we weren't that far up the trail yet.
Mom with the mountains in the background; some are even snow-capped.
A better view of the mountains!
And here's the pretty rock I wanted to take a picture of. These mountains are like nothing I've ever seen before. They aren't as jagged as the Rockies, yet they aren't covered with trees like the Appalachians. They are mostly covered in long grass and rocks and you can see every fold of the ground. They are gorgeous.
On Sunday morning, Maddox woke up with a cold. He'd been coughing all night and was generally miserable, so I got Elder Parrott (aka Tony Parrott from my ward in Camden, SC) to give him a blessing after church.
His little face is so chapped, but his eyes are so blue...
It's obvious he didn't feel well.
The goofy pic I took with Elder Parrott after church. He said to give a "thumbs up". Apparently, my tongue is connected to my thumb. I can't give a "thumbs up" without sticking it out...
And here's the nicer picture that mom likes best.
Thanks for the great visit, Mom! We love and miss you!!
