Immediately after school got out on Thursday, we headed up to the Tahoe Cabin for a long weekend to kick-off the summer.

While the weather was much cooler than you might expect for a summer adventure, we had a great time anyway. On Friday, Grandee & Grandpa visited, and the Borg Family came up for Saturday & Sunday.

On Sunday, we started exploring the nearby “Lake” Van Norden, which is a spectacular example of an evolving high-elevation mountain meadow habitat. But right on the edge of the meadow is this awesome rock formation, undoubtedly dropped onto the scenery from glaciers that receded thousands of years ago.

But enough about nature! … let’s get to the creative play of the kids!

In between pictures and our picnic lunch, the kids played on
“Pride Rock,” cawed like wild birds, and had a great time pretending they were part of the animal kingdom living in the high meadow. Awesome!