Whiskeytown Lake - We likey!

Our pal Jessica (aka Chech, aka Icamic, aka Ruby Red the Queen of Springfield) was in NorCal for a family reunion with her adorable children so we picked up those heavy hints she was dropping and made a last minute, impromptu road trip up to Cottonwood/Redding to see them. What she failed to mention until we were three hours into the drive (closer to our destination than to our home) was that it was going to be 107 that day. That's madness! Lucky for us, her Uncle Ralph was kind enough to take us all out on his boat for the entire day. It was blissful.

We had never taken the kids out in a boat like that before. Strange, we realize, given J's background. But we moved to the Bay Area when B was so little, and it just hasn't been part of our life down here. So, needless to say it was very nice to share a day like that with them. There were nice little coves in which we spent hours just swimming. And then J got two wakeboard sessions in, and he was even able to walk the next day (albeit pretty stiffly). C is excited to learn to wakeboard soon too. We don't know how B feels about it yet, she was too busy playing with Abby and Tucker up in the cuddy cabin.