Vacationing
About every other year my family decides that it's high time
to spend some laid back time together.
That means we rent a house somewhere between
southern and central California.
The winner this time was a log house on 22 acres
in the mountains between Los Angeles and Bakersfield.
The view across the canyon.
Directly behind the house was the indoor pool.
Many happy and invigorating hours were spent in the water.
There was also a spa on the back deck that many of us piled into for evening relaxation.
Speaking of relaxation, quite a bit of laziness was going on Sat. afternoon.
Rudy's naps became legendary.
He would wake up, move to another spot, then fall asleep again.
We never knew where we would find him napping.
We went to the visitor's center at Pyramid Lake.
With the drought,
I thought the lake would lack water
but it looks like it is at normal height.
This is where water from northern CA is held before it goes
down the mountain into thirsty southern CA.
There were lots of hands-on activities for the kids
and water education features throughout the building.
Each family takes a turn making a meal.
For such a spacious house, the kitchen was pretty compact
so it took a little finagling to make it all work.
Nevertheless, there was plenty of food and
there was certainly no danger of anyone going hungry.
These three would sit on the couch each morning and play a game on the iPad
while waiting for breakfast.
They will celebrate their first anniversary next month.
All too soon the weekend was over and we were headed home.
As expected, our back seat passengers were conked out.
Days after we returned home, many areas in southern CA experienced
heavy rain and hail which resulted in flash flooding and mud slides.
It would have been impossible for those coming from the south
to get to this area because of mud slides on all of the possible routes.
Crazy!!
We prayed for rain but forgot to pray for the soft gentle rains
that soak into the dry and barren ground.
