April 2002 -- Click on any picture to enlarge.
	Laurent and I went backpacking (we slept up in the mountains one night). Here is Roo at the Ford Canyon Trailhead.
	This is Roo's pack mule at the trailhead.
	Roo, up the trail a bit.
	Roo's beast of burden, in the same spot.
	This sign claims that the trail is about to get difficult. But is Roo deterred? Nay!
	Half way up the canyon (this canyon has a total ascent of about 1500 feet). Notice the white rocks in the background. An interesting geological feature!
	Why are there so many pictures of Roo's porter?
	Roo, climbing up the trail.
	Finally, camping at the top of the canyon!
	Who on earth gave this bus boy permission to drop his load?
	Roo, sitting on some pretty white rocks.
	Roo, at sunset, on white rocks.
	I think the trail must be this way...
	Three pretty girls!
	This would be Button-Boy. He's cute, but full of sass!
	Here are my kids with the neighbor across the street (Ashley).
	A week after I took Roo for a out for a backpacking trip, I decided to take Mooms up the same canyon for the night. Here she is at the trailhead.
	Mooms takes a rest on a bench near the trailhead.
	Mooms poses next to a few teddy bear cactuses (yes, that is their name). Want to snuggle up to one of those teddy bears?
	Mooms, as her sister before her, scoffs at the warnings and cautions.
	Mooms, half way up the canyon, by the same white rocks.
	Trail -- that way!
	Here is Mooms on the trail, around sunset.
	Jacob in the desert.
	My kids in the desert.
	Laurent in the desert.
	Geneva in the desert.
	Megan in the desert.
	Jacob (Button-Boy) in the desert.
	Mudge (Geneva) in the desert.
	All four kids, in the desert.
	Mooms (Megan) next to a saguaro cactus.
	Here is Roo (Laurent), next to a barrel cactus.
	My youngest two (Geneva and Jacob).
	My eldest two (Laurent and Megan).
	Laurent and Jacob.
	Megan and Geneva.
	Laurent and Geneva.
	Megan and Jacob
	Here I am!
	Annette, my georgeous wife!
	Annette and Mooms.