The Rock

(Yes, I took this picture!)

Jackass Rock Summit - California Mountain Peak Information
Jackass Rock Details

View Jackass Rock Topo Map (Enlarged)
Jackass Rock is a mountain summit in Madera County in the state of California (CA). Jackass Rock climbs to 6,860 feet (2,090.93 meters) above sea level. Jackass Rock is located at latitude - longitude coordinates (also called lat - long coordinates or GPS coordinates) of N 37.432778 and W -119.300833.
Anyone attempting to climb Jackass Rock and reach the summit should look for detailed information on the Jackass Rock area in the topographic map (topo map) and the Piyau Dome USGS quad. To hike and explore the California outdoors near Jackass Rock, check the list of nearby trails.
Read Condition Reports Add Condition ReportView Locator Map and Local Weather
Peak Type: Summit
Latitude: 37.432778
Longitue: -119.300833
Peak Elevation: 6,860 feet (2,090.93 m)
Nearest City: Mono Hot Springs (14.6 miles away)


Now I give this information for those that may want to go see one the most beautiful places I have been to. And YES, I hiked to the top! And No, it was not easy!


Here we are at the beginning of the "Its All Up Hill From Here!"


This is a view from the top looking over to Mammoth Pools.

Here is a look down to camp.

My Sweet Klaira. Lookin Good!

Here are some of the girls..hard to fit all of them in the picture.

Me and My Gal!
What a beautiful day! We started out on the trail about 11 in the morning. It took about 2 hours to make it up to where we stopped for lunch.


When we got to the top, we took pictures and then together sang "High On A Mountain Top." The spirit was so strong. Some the girls make the comment about how temples used to be on the mountain tops, and wasn't that where God talked to his prophets?

The whole climb up was a wonderful experience to have girls who usually hang back in a crowd, step up and help each other by supporting others feet so as not to slip on the granite, and here, step on my knee to get to the next rock. Here, grab my hand I will pull you up. Then the most incredable moment was the crevas. The pictures just don't show you how scarry it really is. It looks like a little jump, but its not. Girls strattled the crevas and helped to swing others across. A few girls were really scared and one girl got into the crevas to have the girls walk across her back like a bridge, having the other girls swing them across.


The love for each other was incredible. There is no way to put into words the spirt that was there.
I am so Thankful for the opportunity that I had to go on this hike with the girls.

Frogs

When the Rial family was visiting, we noticed a few little frogs by their wheels. Little did I know it was about to explode in frogs in my yard...

This one is taking a break.

It was really tired.
I was scooping out of the pool over 50 of these little guys the first day I noticed them. I say over 50 because at 50 I quit counting. I threw them over the fence into the neighbors yard, but I think he was throwing them back over with a few of the ones in his yard.

At night when the sprinklers come on, the grass in the front yard and the back yard turns into a frog party! Lots of dancing. The funny ones were the ones that made it into my shop and into the saw dust. To see lumps of saw dust jumping....ok, a bit freeky.

Rial Family

Memorial Day Weekend I had a wonderful surprise! My dear high school friend and her family came to see me. The Rial Family lives in Gresham Oregon. They were on a fun filled vacation that took them from Crater Lake to Yosemite, to Cambria to Montery and beyond. How great that they made "Where the Wildthings Grow" part of their adventures.



Douglas, Cambria, Lonie (holding Sierra) Morgan, and in back of Morgan is Jarom and in front of Cambria is Denica.

Fresno was warm when they got here, but it has not been warm enough to really make the pool comfortable. This did not stop the kids. They said that it was warmer than the stream that they had been in the day before in Yosemite. Sierra was in so long, her lips turned blue. When I wrapped her in a towel, she snuggle in for a few minutes, the shivering had not stopped yet, and she said that she HAD to get back in. She just Had to!

Love Denica's face! She loved swimming! But then, I think she had a smile on her face the whole time she was here! What a doll.

I had a wonderful visit with Doug talking about all the people that we both knew in Fresno. It turns out that Doug was raised in this area.
I loved talking to the Rial kids, getting to know them. What great people Lonie and Doug are raising. Jarom, the oldest, is getting ready to leave on his mission soon. I look forward to hearing about his adventures! (I hope that I am on the email list!)
Cambria is such a tender heart. She is so much like her mother at that age. She cares so much about other people.
Denica is such a performer. She will steal the show every time! She never ran out of things to say. She is quite entertaining.

Sierra, what a sweet one. She can have what ever she wants! She has me wrapped around her little finger.

I wish I lived closer to Lonie. I so miss spending time with her. She has always been such a good friend. She has a way of making me want to be a better person.