Cody and Lassen in July 2011

Josh's brother Cody came to stay with us for the month of July. Sorry to everyone else, but Cody wins as the best houseguest ever, based on his superior dishwashing skills (I never had to redo anything he washed, no leftover grease or anything!) and his ability to be quieter than a mouse when moving around the house on the floor above us (never heard him, not once, and I always hear people up there!!). Cody is welcome back anytime. We also had a ton of really fun adventures while he was here, including 2 trips to Mt. Lassen, a lot of kayaking on Tahoe, and some good hikes. Unfortunately I never uploaded the photos to my computer before they were accidentally erased from my camera at Stacia's bacheloretty party in August. Total bummer! I did manage to salvage a few randoms from my iPhone and from Ryan Adam's camera, so I guess it's not a complete loss...

Trip #1 to Lassen was just the three of us Transue's, and we took a different route than usual since the road was still closed through the park. We skinned up from a lower lot on the west side, and found some awesome corn turns!

Josh after some kick-ass turns.


Trip #2 to Lassen was the full crew again. And we took the traditional route up to the peak since we had hit it on the only weekend it was open all season!

The group hiking up.

Josh, hammering up the trail.

Looking across at the ridge in the distance where we skied the weekend before.

And looking down at the parking lot where we started.

Hunter and Cody arriving at the summit!

Troy, also happy to have made it to the top.

Ryan and Biby, with the lower part of our descending route in the background.

Kat and Johnny at the summit.

Ryan getting in on the photo action as well.

Troy and John getting ready to hit the slopes.

More of the gang at the landing below the treacherous climb down from summit to snow.

Biby was all thumbs up after some sweet corn snow turns...our route is in the background.

The whole group was smiles after those arcs.

Hiking down to the bottom parking lot after exhausting the snowier route.

Ryan and Biby with Lassen Peak.

Chillaxin' by the creek after a great day of hiking and skiing.

Back in Tahoe, we heading over to Northstar for a fun evening of wine, sushi, and Blues Traveler concert.