The Bradley have have had a tradition for the past 20-something years, camping at the River Rest Resort, in the teeny, tiny town of Washington, CA. (pop. 99)…they were gracious to invite our family, and two other families (also friends of ours), to join them.
Located on the most beautiful river I have ever seen, this spot is incredible! The river by the campsite has a deep pool that we could jump from the rocks into. And, I could not believe this…the water was actually warm enough to spend the whole day in! It was also the cleanest, clearest, best-smelling water ever. Simply awesome.
David, Eric, and Reb
When the Bradley’s camp, THEY CAMP! Check out this outdoor kitchen, including a running sink! I could live here…
Stephanie and Lori 🙂
‘E’ and Bev, modeling river attire, matching T’s…
The two older teen boys, ‘R’ and ‘M’, dove for crawdads. They caught a bunch of them, and boiled them up. Typically, I am not a fan of crawdads. They always tasted musty to me. These were delicious. Must be because the river is so clean…
There is a carved out tree that looks like a throne. The boys are taking turns kneeling before each other….
Game Table…
The first night was clear and cold. ‘A’ had actually scrunched himself into a little ball, half on and half off the mattress…
We all piled into Reb’s van and drove down a winding, one lane road. He took us to an abandoned gild mining shaft. To get there, we had to hike in about a quarter mile, and there was one area where the trail was non-existent. We had to scale along a rock wall. It was harrowing, yet exciting…
Someone with a sense of humor spray painted some rocks gold and had them strewn around the entrance. The boys were thrilled for a few seconds until I had to burst their bubble…
We are walking only in the light of headlamps and flashlights. Trying to capture the quartz veins along the wall…
Heading back to the road. This is not a great picture, but I tried to catch a shot of where we had to scale the rock wall…unfortunately, it is behind that bush. You can see everyone waiting their turn…
I still have a bunch of great shots that I want to post, but this is getting too long, so I am going to end here and start another post, part 2…