Monday, June 30, 2008

Camping in the Tahoe National Forest

We went spur of the moment camping this past weekend with our new friends Jed & Ayla and had a super great time. Having lots of things to still get done at home, we only went for one day & night, but now knowing what's there, we'll stay longer next time! Only an hour away, and right by the Yuba river. Jed has his own secret place which he discovered years ago, and it's perfect. Lots of woods, right be the river and just nice. Here's a shot of the camp spot:


Before that, we went to a jeep crawl, and it was pretty interesting. Lots of red-necks and whooping it up, testosterone was everywhere. And tattoos! Keystone didn't really seem to like the noise and climbed right up in the chair, his sanctuary I guess.


Picture of one of the crawl areas:


Oops.


Heave HO!


This is steps away from our camp. The river opens up to an Olympic size pool, that's T on the right, Ayla on the left.


Certainly no delay in getting in!



Jed and Sydney.



Another angle:



Abbytail:


Amber-Boo:



The Stone man:



Stones likes getting up on things, especially with Daddy:



In ya go!!



I love this Close up:


Cruise missiles:


No doubt you've heard of the fires in California, it was very smoky:


All of the pictures can be seen here: CLICK HERE

Can't wait to go again!

4 comments:

Sam said...

I've never camped with dogs. Where do they sleep, or what do you do with them at night to keep them away from the mountain lions and bears?

Anonymous said...

All of that is only an hour away? That's great! The swimming looks wonderful. Was it over your head in spots? How about the current? Any problem? Cold?

T said...

The pups curl up on the floor beside the bed, just like at home. They make camping totaly fun! I could never camp w/out dogs--it would be boring! They are kind of like us, if the bears/mtn lions went after them, they'd be after us--yikes!

We have so much just an hour away--this part of the country is AMAZING! The water was "very refreshing"...ok, it was downright COLD!!! But totally worth it. Yep, there were spots over our head, but you had to be careful, big boulders in spots below but you could see. You could, if you were daring enough, jump off the tall boulders into the water. I love a good thrill, but I'm not that crazy. There were a couple of spots where the current ran a little brisk. Keystone & Abbytail went body surfing!

Anonymous said...

Wow, this looks amazing!!!!!!