Dessert, anyone?

Thanks to Philippe's parents, we brought along some yummy, gourmet dessert from Spain - Almond Turron. A bit like halvah, it is concentrated, caloric sweetness. Although the fine dining is great at altitude, I think we lose a point for eating it straight out of a plastic baggie with a fork. The marmots did get into our Toblerone, but we were pleased to find they didn't get to this!

The Incredible Hulk, but not the green one

June 29th 2007
Well, as we look ahead and begin thinking about states further east and countries far, far away... there is time left for one last backcountry adventure while we're in California. We drove north of Yosemite/Tuolumne to Bridgeport (home of the highest-priced gas I've ever seen - $4.05/gallon) and Twin Lakes (home of many retired folks with RVs) to begin our three-day trip up to [url="http://www.mo ... read more

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