Hijacking the kids' thread for a moment, to show you where Grandma went hiking with me on Friday. Everybody needed a day to themselves, so we drove the 3-ish hours down to the Pinnacles National Monument and hiked a couple of trails for about 3.5 miles all up. A beautiful, rare, volcanic spot, and something that I'm thankful that National Park Service provides for everyone (read, sometimes taxes are good!).
