Camping like a Frenchman

A couple weeks ago we went camping at Frenchmens Lake in California. We haven't been all summer...so we decided it was time to get in touch with nature and the great outdoors. It was really nice to get away from all the hustle and bustle of work and the daily routines of life. not to mention it was a good opportunity to get some of dad's famous dutch oven cookin'!! Here are a few snapshots from the weekend...

Myself, Mark, and Sheila...sitting by the worlds biggest fly catcher!!If you notice that double screen room to the right...we wanted to put it over the table so when we ate we could keep all the bugs out...well the bugs didn't get the memo that they (the bugs) were suppose to stay out and we (the humans) were suppose to stay in...so by nightfall the bugs had completley taken it over and i think the more bug spray susan sprayed in it...the more bugs came in...so make sure when you buy bug spray it is a repellent and not an attractant...

Here is Susan striking a pose in a little valley we explored...

...and here is us...those rocks were sharp!!

this looks like a cozy place for a nap...or...a SWEET picture!

you may think this is a nice picture of the valley...but take a closer look...go ahead...get the magnifying glass out...we managed to sneek into this one...

hey...there we are...

Here we are getting ready to enter the "cave of death"...not really...but there sure were a lot of spiders!!!

Here is the 30 ft anaconda we found and wrestled into submission...ok maybe it was like 12 inches...and i didn't touch it...but who's counting...

so that was our adventure filled weekend...we are going camping again in the near future...so we will have more great adventure stories from the "Wild Willinghams"...sounds like a cool TV show...