Rock Creek Camping Trip

Good Monday morning!  We have returned from our trip.   It was hard coming from the nice cool temperatures of the Sierra's, to the hot smog of the Inland Empire!!  We had a good time.   I took hundreds of pictures.  The beauty of that place is hard to describe.  You must see it.  Here are some highlights.  The first afternoon we got there, we went down to the lake for some fishing.  It was windy and COLD!  That's our friend Ron out there in the float tube.   I was told that the dock you see under water, is usually on shore!

Cheryl put her waders on and gave it a go.  Maryrose also had her waders on and fished in the water.  But then we gave up and sat on a dock and waited for the rest to call it a day.

Our camp site was not very level and our fridge was not working.  We were lucky enough to get to move across the road, right next to the babbling brook.   We were under the shade of beautiful pines, with views of the canyons on both sides, and the rushing water just steps away.  It was beautiful.

The day time temps were in the 70's and the nights were way down into the 30's!!    The water in Ron's float tube even froze one night.  Brrrrr.  It was so nice to hear the rushing water in the creek at night.  Greg had a lot of fun fishing the creek.  One day, I spent a couple of hours just following him along the creek taking photos.  It was beautiful!

Ta Da!

While he was fishing, I took some pictures of other things, besides the brook, that struck me.  Like these giant trees.

I arranged these cute pinecones near the river bank.

Flowers near the waters edge.

We had wonderful meals, taking turns at each others camp sites for dinner.   With big roaring fires and roasted marshmallow s'mores.

I didn't have my camera on me a lot of the time when we were at our friends camps, so I don't have pictures from all the meals we had.  But believe me, we ate GOOD!!!  And way too much!!!!  One day, everyone went on a long hike.  Everyone except me, and Ron that is.  Ron spent the day fishing at Mammoth, and I spent the day in my zero gravity chair, reading, relaxing and crocheting.  I didn't take the hike because I knew with my bad knee, if I did, I would be in trouble!

 My Mom's cabin afghan is almost done! 
Tomorrow I will try to post some of the photos Greg took.  I will end with a photo from our last night there, and then a couple we took on our way out yesterday morning.

Bet you can't guess which hand is mine!!!  Ha ha....just look for the spots!!!
I took this just as we turned out of the camp ground.  BEAUTIFUL!

We stopped at the Rock Creek lodge "Pie In The Sky" for a t-shirt, and we were off for home. 

We made good time, and all was okay at home. Except that our one little chicken that I had separated from the rest before leaving, had died.  The others look great, with no signs of illness.  I am keeping my fingers crossed!  No more new chicks until next spring when I know that these have flourished.
See you tomorrow with more pictures from our trip.  I will be looking forward to catching up with all of my favorite blogs in the next few days.