Lake Del Valle

This Sunday we decided to go to Lake Del Valle. Natalie and Shawn went camping there last weekend. It is close enough to the house that it is not a far drive, but you get the feeling of vacation. It was a blast! We rented a boat, drove to a cove and played cards, fished(.....) and listened to music.

Natalie and I about to leave the dock

Shawn and Ken driving us to our cove

Isn't the lake beautiful?

Natalie and I

Shawn and Nat

The boys fishing. Shawn caught a fish, but lost it because we forgot a net!

Lounging, getting ready for summer!

See the 'funbrella' in the background...*cough* COSTCO *cough*

Nat and Shawn

I must tell the story of how I THINK we lost the fish. We got to the shore, set up the towels, chairs, umbrella, fishing pole and started playing cards. I am facing directly towards the fishing pole during our card game. (Keep in mind I get really excited when we fish)...so I'm staring at the pole through our entire game of cards. I see the pole start to jerk...*UP down UP down* I yell "FISH!!!!!"...to my surprise, everyone just stares at me and thinks I'm lying! After about 20 seconds of me yelling "FISH" and frantically pointing, they finally believe me and bolt to the pole. We were able to reel the fish in, but it got away at the last second. I think that if everyone would have believed me, we would have had fresh fish for dinner that night! Maybe next time they will listen....