Lizard Rock Hike

Recently, I have been trying to do a lot of hikes with the Amgen non official hiking club. Its been really fun and every hike has been very different. The last hike was called Lizard Rock in Thousand Oaks. There were some beautiful vistas, streams, waterfalls, and amazing plants! It was a great hike and our little Elle is quite the hiker! Here are some pics of the day:

Surprise waterfall! We stumbled upon it!

Moving on upstream (Kathy, Kaitlin and Leonie)

Doesn't this plant look like it has black hearts?! I love it!

There's Elle playing fetch near the waterfall!

Surprise teepee?! Why does it look like Elle is cracking up at us? Ha!

There were many beautiful cactus

My little loves, Elle and Tim

Cheryl and Leonie working their way up the hill

Mammoth (Part 2 Storm Troopers)

The girls into the wee hours of the morning (after a long hard day of snowboarding).


Up the lift


Perfect powder conditions


Brian and Gloria, our new boarding buddies

The guys - Tim, Rick, and Brian

A view from our room of one of the hot tubs! We actually went in while it was snowing!!

Mammoth was fun for (for Tim) and everyone else, but me. Actually, I did have fun the first day snowboarding and once I was medicated it was pretty tolerable.
I haven't had the flu since I was 5, so to get it during a trip to California's best ski resort (fully equipped with a new snowboard and helmet) was pretty sad. Luckily we were staying in an amazing resort called the Village so the beds were comfy and I got a complementary ride to the Emergency Room to see a doctor! I am lucky Leonie took a break from her jammed packed snowboarding trip to escort me to the ER and then to Vons to pick up all my meds.. Unfortunately we had to walk from the ER to Vons -- it wasn't far but I felt like crap, and it was the worst walk in the snow ever. I will def keep this story for my future kids if they have to walk to school in the cold. There were some glimpse of fun for me too:

1. Snowboarding the first day (although I cried 5 times on the mountain cause I felt horrible)
2. Going in the hot tub while it was snowing
3. The humidifier in the room
4. Cholraseptic spray
5. Meeting new friends, Brian, Gloria and Molly's lil sister Carla
6. Finding out the dog sister was getting drunk and having a G-Rated playing card brothel at our house Sat nite
7. Watching Tim so happy to be having the snowboarding trip of his life!
8. Watching the "boarding footage" from Rick's hemi cam
9. Checking out THE man with the mustache pics - why are mustaches so hot right now?


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