We wanted to go camping to Little Grass Valley and since you can't have a reservation there, we went up Thursday night to get a spot. Unfortunately, there was so much snow there Still that they weren't even open so we had to find somewhere else to go that was close. We found a campground called Strawberry and it was pretty nice. This is the fun river that was running through about 50 yards from our camp site.
The kids loved exploring a new place but it was still pretty cold and rained and snow on the ground in some places.
We borrowed Terry's parents RV for the trip just because we did think it would be a little cold for a tent. It was very nice to have it, we could get used to camping that way, not that we mind sleeping in a tent, it's just so nice not to have to set up your beds or anything when you get there.
Cypress had a track meet at school on Friday so she didn't come with us. it was a good thing though, since she received 3 first place ribbons and one 3rd place. We are very proud of her! She was sad she missed out on the real camping though.
We all enjoy a good campfire! We roasted hot dogs and marshmellows.
We decided that Kasen could do a commercial for smores. It was very enjoyable to watch him eat it.
We all took our bikes and throughly enjoyed riding them. It was a hard first half all up hill but of course that means it was a very fast, no peddaling all downhill second half. Kasen couldn't quite make it up on his own so he got to ride with dad. He was really mad at first but got over that really quick when he saw how much fun it was.
Tayla and Tyden were addicted, then did it 10 times as often as Terry and I.
The next morning it rained all morning so we decided not to stay there. It was too far and too cold to have more people join us so after looking for a different place all the way home, we ended up at a camp ground in Live Oak and it was great. It was cheep, not busy, green, had a river for fishing - not for swimming but it was too cold to swim anyway. The Hunters joined us and we had a great next 2 days. Here's Grandma and Kasen enjoying a little horse shoes.
Terry was in his glory because he caught a beautiful striper, a good sized one too as you can see. They cleaned in a fried it up and ate it for dinner!
There wasn't quite the hill to coast down there but the kids still enjoyed riding their bikes all over the place. We could barely get them off to eat!
Terry and Cypress had some good bonding time fishing. The other kids are all too impatient.
Eventually it started raining there too and we had to cover the fire with our awning and huddle. It was okay for a while but we all went home sooner than we'd planned. We wouldn't hesitate to go there again though!
Rain or shine, you have to have an exploration walk with Grandpa. Tyden and Tayla went too, they just ran back ahead of everyone else.
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Looks like a good time was had by all. It looks really pretty even though you are so close to home. Great fish Terry!
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