07/16- Waking up was a drag. Once I forced myself out of bed we went and had a great breakfast at the largest bakery I have ever seen we drove off to the heart of the White Mountains.

After a long drive up steep, curvy, dangerous (sometimes barely big enough for one car at a time) roads we arrived at our destination....

The Bristlecone Pine Forest.

This is the home of the oldest living things on Earth. Some of these trees are more than 4,000 years old! We hiked for several hours looking at the trees and down into Death Valley. Lily was in awe of the trees and how barren the surrounding land was.

After our hike we made our way back to Sacramento. We only took one little detour just so we could say we went to Nevada. (see below) We made it back just after midnight tired but happy.

We had a blast but were glad to be back.