Here are three pictures of my son, Nathan, and his cousin, Dustin, on family vacations. Do you get a sense of déjà vu?

nathan-dustin-deep-creek-8.jpgWading in Deep Creek, in the San Bernardino Mountains of California, April 2002.

nathan-dustin-stanislaus-8.jpgDiving into the Stanislaus River in the Sierra of California, in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, August 2006

nathan-dustin-long-lake-8.jpgEmerging from the freezing cold Long Lake in the High Sierra of California, in Little Lakes.  Valley, August 2010.

Like I said, “Déjà vu!”

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