Water Play

The temperatures have gone up here in the high Sierra!  We have been enjoying calmer winds and temps in the 80's.  Perfect for water play!

Thanks to our awesome friends and neighbors we have been able to play with some pretty cool water toys!

 

The paddle board was Erin's favorite.  It is so peaceful to paddle up and down the shore watching the osprey and checking out all the cool "cabins" along the water.  The kids were happy passengers too.

 

The water trampoline has given our family hours of fun as well.  Haven loves to swim out and spends most of her time jumping up and down on the top.  Fin is another story.  He rarely takes a break from climbing up and jumping back into the water.  Over and over he jumps!

"Anything faster?" you ask.  We won't disappoint.

Again, our neighbors have given us some great memories.  We all went touring around the lake on Wave Runners.  But the best...the kids got to try tubing for the first time!

Every one ready?

Hold on tight!

Are you sure about this?

Lassen Volcanic N.P.

     We drove to Lassen yesterday.  HURRAH! nobody got sick.  It seems these mountain roads can always entice somebody's stomach...  Anyhow we went on two hikes the first to Bumpass Hell.  Funny name, yeah, but imagine the family who actually has the last name Bumpass.  This place is actually a crater from a larger volcano, Bumpass Mountain.  The second hike was to Cold Boiling Lake, which had cold volcanic gasses bubbling up in parts of the lake.

Finlay usually has to be silly or grumpy in his photo shoots.  This one is no different.

I will never do justice with my camera.  You'll just have to go here and smell the sulfur.

This is a view of Lassen Peak we usually don't see from Lake Almanor.  Check out Vulcan's eye in the largest intrusion.

Legends about things like Vulcan's eye were popular conversations on our hikes.

It's hard for me to hold the camera and be in the photograph at the same time.  I smell Holiday cards...

Doing our part to help the environment.

We were all tired by the end of this side trip.  We hit Buffalo Chips in Westwood for pizza.  Always a treat.  Looking forward to the Rec's beach today, seeing all of the new renters getting sunburned, and listening to music at the bandshell tonight.