Girls Night Out

Joanne and I went to a wine tasting downtown Modesto. It's a neat little wine shop Russell and I found on one of our outings. A winery from Napa Valley was represented and as always had some very tasty wines. I didn't buy any because it was 70.00 a bottle.....at that rate I would have to make it last several months...and well....we all know that is not going to happen so I just enjoyed the tasting and will go back to my poor mans wine tomorrow. We did however meet the owner of the shop. He also owns the adjacent restaurant and one other one up the street. He turned us on to several up and coming activities in the area that we are looking forward to and will post if we get to do them. And it is never a bad thing to know someone that owns a wine store!!!! After the tasting we went to Osaki Sushi to eat dinner...The absolute best ever...I have been there so much the waitress even knew what I ordered last....ha Then back to the apartment for a little swimming. A perfect end to another of I hope many girls night out!!

The drive to the park

It was about a 1 1/2 drive from Fresno to the park. As you start to climb into the mountains there are incredible views of the valley below. Here are pictures of an orange grove we passed. I don't know if you can see the big fan type things sticking up but they are to cool the oranges down in the 100+ degree weather.

Just more pictures of scenery

Hume Lake

We finally arrived at Hume Lake after a most picturesque drive. I hope you appreciate the pictures. Russell had me climbing up hills to get "the perfect picture". The ones of the mountain and the valley I even climbed down the side of a hill out onto a huge rock and had the most incredible view you could imagine. He did yell down the hill and ask where my phone was so he could call Tiffany if needed!!haha What a considerate guy!!

The View heading down to Hume Lake

Hume lake is in Kings Canyon National Forest. The drive to it was breath taking. We were up 6000 feet at some points in the drive and you can still see the snow on the mountains.

The Giant Sequoia Trees

In this picture you can get a better idea of how large these trees are by the normal size trees beside it. Note that the trees are large but looked dwarfed by the giant.