August 11th - 12th:Camping Trip to the Sierra Nevada's and Tubing down the Kern River

We left the ocean behind us to explore inland! First stop was Red Rock Canyon State Park where we stopped for a quick picnic and a lesson in reading the geology of the brightly colored tilted and faulted cliffs. Then we hiked out to Fossil Falls and had a great time climbing around. We took the windy Sherman Pass Road up to Brush Creek Campground, meeting colorful locals on the way. Then in the morning, we all hopped in our inner tubes and bounced our way down the rapids of the upper Kern River!