MY family road trip. . .

so i had my boys with me over this past weekend, and boy did i have an itinerary planned for our anticipated road trip extravaganza. i rented a car from enterprise, a mazda 5 -- plenty to fit 6 ppl comfortably but b/cuz it's only 4 cyclinders, it was terrible on gas mileage. had to refuel thru the overall trip, four times. anywho, i made enough snacks and packed x-tra clothes, blankets, etc for the ride out to tulare, ca county. a small town in between bakersfield and fresno in which my sis & fam have been livin for the past 12 yrs and counting.

so we were on the road headin' out of san diego and in2 orange county - san clemente by 10:21AM and breez'd thru there like a toronado on crack. of course i made sure that there was no chps in sight. i did however came across slight traffic thru los angeles, only to find that it was a car on the side of the road with a chp. i'm guessn' gettn' a ticket or engine went haywire. so i reached pass'd the grapevine and in2 bakersfield by 12:45p, but than sis calls 2 find out where we're at, and obviously made gr8 time b/cuz by 1:33Pm, i made in2 sis' curbside on the dot.

we chatted up a storm and had turkey & cheddar on gorditas while the kids had sandwiches. by 3:15p, sis june wanted to pick up kevin from school and onto meeting her man, joe the mechanic. all in all the time spent with the fam was wonderful. we had burgers 4 dinner and i turned in early along w/ steel & kenny for the eve simply b/cuz our plans 2 head out 2 the mountains was early on saturday morn.

sis awoke to make bfast 4 the kids and i got myself dress'd and made ready my boys for the long ride ahead. it appeared that all the snow gear was prep'd and ready 2 go, however early that morn, we stopp'd at least five times jst 2 get snow chains. the kids had a blast entertainin' themselves on our ride up there. all in all, it was a gr8 bondin' experience 4 ev'ry1. made it out 2 sequoia & kings canyon national park by 12:30p and got take sum fly photos of the scenery. by the time we made it 2 our final destination, wolverton, elevation approximately 4000+ ft. evrywhere u saw was blanketed with snow galore, and slopes all around 2 enjoy. there, the kids got their snow gear ON and headed 2 have sum major fun. here r sum of the fotos throughout the trip.