we're home! here's the rundown on our trip:
friday: getting there
wow. we managed to leave only an hour behind schedule (after a wild goose chase to get parker a bigger life vest). we hit a little bit of traffic before gilroy and had to stop at casa de fruta to calm a crying brother but other than that the drive was uneventful. when we got to san luis we found a nice campsite, set up camp and made some grilled cheese and soup for dinner. my dad arrived shortly there after and we all headed to bed pretty early. (ooh, we heard coyotes and i for one found it a little creepy because they sound like screaming children. yipes.)
saturday: being there
r got up suuuper early and went fishing. the kids and i got up around eight and had donuts with my dad. r came back around 8.30 with a striper for dinner. we hung around, went for a walk and explored the lake a little. amanda arrived around lunchtime and we all headed to the forebay with the boat. big mistake. lorenzo hated his lifevest and only stopped crying when the boat was going fast. that would have been fine but parker screamed bloody murder every time the boat moved. she was hungry and tired. the water was choppy and there were no fish. needless to say our big boating adventure was short. we went back to camp and took a walk. we saw a tarantula (miss p wanted to touch it), jack rabbits, TONS of owls, ground squirrels, and a pot belly pig (someone's pet). that night we had the the striper with lemon/butter/garlic sauce, baked potatoes, green beans sauteed in butter and salt, foccatia bread followed by smores of course! tasty.
the infamous lorenzo pout
happy on the dock
stay tuned for more tomorrow...i'm off to bed (yes, it is 8.15 suckers!)
but here's a preview:
friday: getting there
wow. we managed to leave only an hour behind schedule (after a wild goose chase to get parker a bigger life vest). we hit a little bit of traffic before gilroy and had to stop at casa de fruta to calm a crying brother but other than that the drive was uneventful. when we got to san luis we found a nice campsite, set up camp and made some grilled cheese and soup for dinner. my dad arrived shortly there after and we all headed to bed pretty early. (ooh, we heard coyotes and i for one found it a little creepy because they sound like screaming children. yipes.)
saturday: being there
r got up suuuper early and went fishing. the kids and i got up around eight and had donuts with my dad. r came back around 8.30 with a striper for dinner. we hung around, went for a walk and explored the lake a little. amanda arrived around lunchtime and we all headed to the forebay with the boat. big mistake. lorenzo hated his lifevest and only stopped crying when the boat was going fast. that would have been fine but parker screamed bloody murder every time the boat moved. she was hungry and tired. the water was choppy and there were no fish. needless to say our big boating adventure was short. we went back to camp and took a walk. we saw a tarantula (miss p wanted to touch it), jack rabbits, TONS of owls, ground squirrels, and a pot belly pig (someone's pet). that night we had the the striper with lemon/butter/garlic sauce, baked potatoes, green beans sauteed in butter and salt, foccatia bread followed by smores of course! tasty.
the infamous lorenzo pout
happy on the dock
stay tuned for more tomorrow...i'm off to bed (yes, it is 8.15 suckers!)
but here's a preview:
