Life of Wry

As we prepare for our 24th annual trip to Yosemite in two weeks — this year Peter’s bringing Maya — I thought I’d do a little throwback Monday and post a few Peter hiking pictures from the earliest year I have digital photos: 2001. Peter is three years old. (Note: Our first family Yosemite year was 2000, but I’d have to scan non-digital photos from that year, so instead I’ll just throwback to July 2001. I should also note that Peter’s first Sierra trip was to Echo Lake in 1998 at eight weeks old.)

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This was a July 2001 trip to the Sawtooths in Northern Idaho, part of a family reunion trip. At three, he was a part time hiker, part time rider.

This (I believe) was on the Pacific Crest Trail as it passes though the Echo Lake area. We’d been at Susan and Jim’s cabin on the upper lake for a few days, an annual tradition that is no longer.. but we completely loved it back in those days. The bodies of Rick, Linda, Heidi and Jim can probably be seen in some of these photos. Also from July 2001.

Sometimes, a kid’s gotta ride.

These are also from July 2001, and may be from Yosemite ..

Another in the series of Jim and Peter caught in the act of eating… Jim says I’m always taking unflattering photos of them with food in their mouths…

This was Redfish Lake in Idaho, in the Sawtooth National Forest, on that Frame family reunion trip… Our approach to introducing Peter to the mountains, and to hopefully nurturing a love for hiking, was to always make it fun.