After the picnic with Maia's family we headed to Mendocino Lake. Because of the draught in this part of California, the lake was down to barely bigger than a large pond. We had planned to let the boys fish for a while (we had purchased a 2 day fishing license for Ryan and this was the last day to enjoy it!) The girls made dinner and we had planned to head into Ukiah to sleep at the Walmart.
Grady took the little girls down to see the boys fishing as well as the hundreds of Canadian Geese which were hanging out at the lake. They sure love their Daddy! :-)
Mandy makes a scrumptious fruit salad with the yummy fruit that we had purchased the day before in Salinas. Cherries, strawberries, cantaloupe, oranges, grapes, bananas.. it was delicious!
Ashley, whips up some guacamole to serve with tacos!
It is such a blessing to travel with a trailer. Potty breaks and meals become a breeze- with 8 people in the family, these stops can be very frequent! Hee hee
Yummy!
While we were eating dinner, a local couple told us about a very inexpensive camp ground on the other side of the lake. I hadn't seen it on the map or camping websites. It sounded much better than the Walmart parking lot (come to find out later that they didn't allow overnight campers either!) And since it was the army corps of engineers' campground, we got it for 50% off! In addition, it ended up that the park ranger gave us the first night free because the phone number to pay for the site was down. We ended up staying 2 nights at Mendocino Lake which turned out to be a nice break from the travelling. The place was pretty empty and we had a great site- right on the lake.
Grant and Ryan discovered a small creek which feeds into the lake. At the mouth of the creek Grant caught this huge catfish!
Best friends
The girls enjoyed riding their beach cruisers on the dry lake bed. It was a relaxing time for all.
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