Our trip to Shaver Lake

Again this summer we had the opportunity to spend a few days at our friends' cabin at Shaver Lake (outside of Fresno). It is always so beautiful up there and brings back fond memories of childhood trips spent camping.

I only took my small camera with me but ended up taking lots of pictures. Rather than have them run on for miles, I grouped them and saved as one picture by category. I've put captions under them so you can truly appreciate each group! (You can double click on each picture and it will be larger if you want to see it in more detail; then back arrow to keep going.)

Thank you Steve and Diane for a wonderful time!


One of Steve's hobbies is biking so he and Mark set off a couple mornings for long rides. Connor was a great helper collecting the huge pine cones for the nightly fires.


The lake and surrounding area is beautiful. At one of the coves we stopped in, Kelleigh climbed to the top of this rock. She and Connor wait patiently for their turn on the jetski and the picture of all three was taken at one of the little shops in town.

Kelleigh didn't hesitate to jump off of this rock but Connor was definitely not following her!

Steve and Diane rented a pontoon boat and we went out Friday afternoon on the lake. It was very, very cool and Steve was incredibly patient teaching the children how to throw out their lines. He would barely get one of them back in action before another one got their line tangled up! The picture at the bottom right is Kelleigh with her goggles on trying to see if fish really exist in the lake as they didn't get a nibble all day!

The highlight of the trip for Ryan was renting a jetski. He was so excited when the guy told him he looked big enough for 16 so he could ride it alone! I drove to a little area where we could be on a beach-like area and they could switch off drivers. Kelleigh was a true maniac on it and had it flying as fast as it could go! All I could see was her hair flying behind her. Mark said it was hard as she was too light to hold on to as he was letting her drive! Connor, like his mom, prefers the leisurely stroll at 8-10mph so wouldn't go with those dare devils!

Each night there had to be s'mores!

Before driving home we went to the Logger's Jamboree where there were ax throwing contests, log tying races, etc. (picture below). Connor was enthralled with a guy who carves bears out of tree stumps. He was amazing!