Yearly Trip to Bear Valley

Every August, I take the girls up for to Bear Valley to visit my mom after a long summer. She usually spends the entire summer up there, getting ready for her Young Musicians Camp. We show up just AFTER the camp, when the place is quiet, like the lull after a storm. There's always plenty of snacks and treats leftover from the camp, and we just hang out and eat all week, pretty much. The girls love it, and we get filthy dirty. It is simply gorgeous up here, and so peaceful. It's hard to leave and join the ranks of the crazy people, about to start school. ugh.