Seriously, the worst at trying to get a picture of all three!
Our cabin was cute-a little outdated but really clean and was a good amount of space for 4 nights. The fireplace definitely gave it a nice fall, cabin-y feeling!
So beautiful!!The village area is really cute and right on the lake but it did seem really deserted. For a Saturday night there was hardly anyone out walking around and a lot of stores were closed-it was kind of bizarre. We ate at a restaurant where our table was made out of an old boat so that was neat and had a great view of the lake.
On Sunday it rained almost all day and these crazies loved every second of it playing in it. There is a lot of talk of San Diego getting a lot of rain this "winter" so I asked Rich to bring back the rain boots last week since we are still living off of only the clothes that we packed when we came in August. Joseph and Ella wore them the entire 4 days we were there-we only had rain on Sunday but the trails were pretty muddy the following days so it worked out well.
Soaked!
The clubhouse had a little area with a toy kitchen that the kids played at after the pool and we visited two other times as well.
On Sunday night we had bbq and Julia was loving the corn on the cob!
They had a lot of fun just playing with all of the "new" things that the condo offered-from the kitchen utensils to the couches with the cushions off. Hours of entertainment!
The best part about the trip was the trail behind our cabin! It was perfect and we hiked on it every day, some days twice a day. I would take the kids out in the morning when Rich would get a little bit of work done and then we all went out a few afternoons.
On Monday afternoon we attempted to take a boat ride but once getting there we found out that they cancelled the last ride for the day, but we found a playground to play on, bought delicious candy apples and enjoyed the views!
Back on the trail on Tuesday morning.
Ella was saying that something was stinky!
Julia is passed out in the front...you can see her little hat!
On Tuesday afternoon we made it on the boat! I can't get over how big Julia looks in these pictures! Everyone liked the boat ride, although it is quite a tourist trap! Lake Arrowhead is a private lake so they don't have any boat rentals so if you don't own a home/boat on the lake then this is the only way to get on it...so we paid $50.00 (for all of us) for an hour ride with the Captain sharing information about the lake (which Rich believes was mostly made up...he's such a skeptic!) I spent most of the boat ride chasing Julia up and down the stairs at the back of the boat so missed most of the information-every time I would try to sit with Julia she would start grunting/moaning very loudly and pointing to the stairs so that is where we headed to avoid upsetting the other paying customers! Oh well!
The $50 was well worth it though when the Captain invited Joseph and Ella to drive the boat. Both kids loved it and Ella had the whole boat in laughter when she took gave the steering wheel a pretty good spin!
While the girls were napping, Joseph was working hard on an obstacle course.
Once the girls woke up we went back on the trail to show Daddy the bridge that we had found that morning.
We took one final hike on Wednesday morning before we headed down the mountain where we found some giant pinecones. It was such a fun little getaway and we look forward to visiting Lake Arrowhead again!
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