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Ti mom texted me one day and asked if I want to go camping with her
me : Sure, why not? sounds fun!
her : Good, because I've already booked it, and it's none electric hehehehe
me : ...Ah... okay, so have you ever done this before?
her : Nope!
me : Do you know how to build a fire?
her : Nope!
Believe it or not, I started to have a great feeling about this trip from early on
This is also new for all of our furry friends too, we went camping for our July 4th long weekend vacation!
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We got plenty of time (we thought), headed north around 11am in the morning, arrived at our first stop at Shaver Lake in the late afternoon
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This place was easy to find, but you have to pay for $5 to get through the gate first
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There are trails through the forest and also along the lake, but we stayed by the water for the rest of our day without any hard core hikes
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If you think this place is peaceful
You are wrong
My photos lie, this is a popular location(not sure about regular time, at lest when we were there), there were so many people here playing jetskis and all kinds of water activities , we had to move to the further end of the lake to avoid people and cars
You are wrong
My photos lie, this is a popular location(not sure about regular time, at lest when we were there), there were so many people here playing jetskis and all kinds of water activities , we had to move to the further end of the lake to avoid people and cars
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See, there are someone playing tubes back there
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Tinkerbell is getting braver, she stepped into water without hesitation, later on she swam out for fetching her toy, totally surprised me and her mom
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Tinkerbell is getting braver, she stepped into water without hesitation, later on she swam out for fetching her toy, totally surprised me and her mom
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Actaeas rather chewing on sticks than getting his paws wet
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look at you, you are in the air!
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and some one slept through the beautiful afternoon
we left the lake during sunset, took us a while to find our spot when its all dark out
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we got to the campground around 8pm, and that was a BAD move, becuase we had to setup our tent in dark... want's easy I have to say
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we even had to use our car head lights to help, and thank god we got it right at the end
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we human shared some snacks before bed just for comfort
you kids look just like alligators! back off!!