Mount Diablo

We had another great weekend here.  Yesterday, we drove out to Mount Diablo to spend the day hiking and camp for the night.  O has been anxious to go camping again (since last weekend!), and since Tom is leaving for a couple of weeks, we decided to camp Saturday night.

Mount Diablo is just over an hour away, so it was a quick trip to get there.  Once we claimed our campsite, we headed to Rock City to check out the caves and limestone formations.  It was a lot of fun.  O did great climbing and scrambling around on the rocks and boulders.

Here we are perched in a little wind cave:

O and Daddy, scrambling up a rock formation:

One of many great views:

"Hyabob!"

After breaking down camp in a little sprinkle this morning, the sky cleared, and we went back to a different section of Rock City.

This next rock looked like too much fun for the whole family to resist.  O did a GREAT job climbing up (and back down after some sunning at the top).  He is a real trooper!

Here he is at the top of that long climb...

We found more neat little caves and formations to climb around in.  By the time we finished today, O was a pro at keeping both hand down on the rocks for stability when climbing up.

Before heading home, we drove up to the summit of Mount Diablo.  The view is amazing from up there, 360 degrees around the bay and delta.  Best view anywhere in the area!

Next camping trip is at the end of May.  We are looking forward to it already!