Peace, Love & Canyon Lake Explorations

Today officially begins my families exploration of the area which we will call home for the next week. Since Aunt Erin & Uncle Ben showed up last night after I went to bed, I spent a couple minutes this morning reaquainting myself with them. Once that was out of the way, I jumped straight into my plans for the day. First on the list, see what I look like when jumping on the bed (the wall of mirrors at the head of the two beds made this super easy not to mention tons of fun). Next, all of us headed out to explore the shoreline around the lodge and see if there were any easy spots to get in the water (there weren't) and if there were any decent fishing spots (there were). After that, we piled in the car and headed to the Canyon Lake Dam to explore. This took us up to lunch & nap time, then we filled our afternoon with some fishing, some chatting, some bocce ball and a bunch of deer feeding. Here are some pictures to walk you through our adventures.

A good morning bounce on the bed.

Looking at the deer which were walking around downstairs.

Daddy trying out the water in Canyon Lake. We walked down past the end of the closed boat ramp which is next to where we are staying.

Me & Daddy in front of a map of Canyon Lake next to the boat ramp.

Uncle Ben, Me & Daddy throwing rocks into Canyon Lake from the shoreline straight down from the main lodge.

Uncle Ben, Me & Daddy headed back up the hill to Mommy & Aunt Erin.

Me & Aunt Erin

Me telling Uncle Ben, Aunt Erin & Daddy what we are going to do next.

Me in the tree above the picnic tables where Mommy, Daddy, Uncle Ben & Aunt Erin stopped to chat in the shade.

A couple of deer that came by to see what we were doing.

Me feeding a deer a carrot from my hand while Uncle Ben looks on.

The view from the parking lot to the left side of the Canyon Lake Dam.

A view of the Canyon Lake Dam from the parking lot.

Daddy, Me, Uncle Ben & Aunt Erin walking down the hill next to the dam to get to Canyon Lake.

Mommy & I throwing rocks into Canyon Lake below the damn, while testing out the water.

Daddy & Uncle Ben fishing out past the end of the closed boat ramp, just down from the lodge.

Daddy's big catch (no, it's not a fish)!

Daddy juggling bocce balls while holding a beer in his mouth.

Me chasing a pair of ducks.

A shot of all the bocce balls in play. Erin, in blue, won the round and the girls eventually beat the boys 5 to 3.

My silly Daddy trying to help his bocce ball to pass Mommy's so the girls wouldn't win the round.

Daddy after the boys bocce ball loss and just before his first dip in Canyon Lake.

Me & a deer getting used to each others antics.

Me feeding another deer a cherry tomato by hand.

As you can see we had quite a busy day. I'm so thankful that Aunt Erin and Uncle Ben could be here to experience this with us. I know that tomorrow holds some more fishing for the boys but I guess we will all have to wait and see what adventures await us!

Peace, love & Canyon Lake explorations,
Bailey