Lake Tahoe Camping!

2nd Annual Lake Tahoe Trip Photos

The Camping crew headed for a hike overlooking Emerald Bay

Beauty x 2

Above Emerald Bay

This is awesome!

Thanks for the lift Abram!

Happy to be at the beach!

Beach babes

Maddi Campau in water 1 degree above freezing

Hike to balancing rock at Bliss State Park - ladies checking their cell phone coverage

Madison getting her squeeze on

From another view  - Brielle?

The start of our Truckee River raft trip

Before Karen Gumm flipped out of her boat trying to splash me.

Tent fun!

Something/one is going to get whacked!

Girls who like camping?

Where am I mom?

This is what we hiked and hour to see; what kind of lighthouse is this?

Lighthouse views

Lighthouse hike with baby baggage

Abram's Graduation

The very first order of business after the whole family traveled from Ghana to Grass Valley was the attendance of Abram's graduation ceremony on June 7th.  This was a surreal experience for his dad who remembers taking this kid to kindergarten in the bike trailer just months ago.

Abram surprised the whole family when he got up on stage with the choir and starting singing a solo part - I myself was playing in the grass with Bryce and Isaiah and without seeing the stage or knowing Abram was singing thought to myself, "wow that sounds really good", only later to find out it was Abram who was singing. Unfortunately due to the lack of notice we do not have any video footage of the event...but our neice Rebecca Lowe did just happen to record the audio (thanks Beck boo!)....if I could ever figure out how to add audio to this page.  Amazing, I think I did it?!

Download Music - Download Audio - Abram Home

The whole crew!  I think it was too hot for G'pa Bennett??

Abram and sister displaying his candy lei's and his cool two-piece outfit he had made in Ghana.

Akosombo Dam Trip

Ok thought I would start with this picture which show the Akosombo Dam and behind it Lake Volta.  This picture is from the Akosombo Hotel where we waited a typical 55 minutes for our food to be cooked (caught/bought, cleaned, and then cooked??).  I have no idea why Ghanaian service is sooo slow sometimes, especially when you look around and are surrounded by hosts of employees.......all milling about.

Near the dam, I took a picture of this sign at one of the government offices as I though it was entertaining.  It quickly became obvious that the employees did not share the same sentiments and started to get extremely hostile (for a Ghanaian) when they saw me take a picture and chuckle.  One lady started to argue with me and asked me what I thought was so funny, I told her the sign was amusing - this only angered her further.  Suffice it to say Amy was already in the process of pulling away.....totally embarrassed I'm sure.





Typical transportation of cattle.......not sure if I would be smiling if I were in the back of that vehicle.  Trust me, those steer were not comfortable, wriggling around in the back, so crazy to see.   Given Ghanaian roads I'm pretty sure that the beef arrived tenderized.