The Perfect Place

We got to the new sight around 10:30 AM. It has a perfect place for Isaiah to play in the water. After getting the houseboat secured to shore we used the gang plank for the very first time and everyone went on shore to explore.

Previous guests had built a fire circle with driftwood seating around it which was kind of cool. Taryn found an interesting forked branch that she set upright, and at the base she secured it with large rocks and decorated them with sea shells. Yes, there are small clam-shaped shells all over the shore here. It is a real mystery to us what they exactly are and we sure wish we could Google it and find out. She plans to make a nice camp sign to attach to it later today.

We also put together the beginnings of a driftwood tepee - something we found on our houseboat adventure on Lake Shasta several years ago. We have sweet pictures of Taryn and Bria in it and now want to make one for Taryn and Isaiah to have pictures in. We will add to it tomorrow but got a start today.

There is a gentle slope of smooth rock, almost like shelves of rocks that terrace into the water. One of the first things Ross did was to build a barrier out of wood that had washed up on shore to define a safe water area for Isaiah. He secured the wood with large rocks on the back side and it makes a perfect spot for Isaiah to play with trucks, cars, various cups and water bottles. He loved it immediately.

It wasn't long till everyone had suits on and were swimming. We spent most of our day right here. The intertubes came out again and made wonderful floating tanning beds. It's incredibly hot and the ground is too hot for your feet to handle.

We went thru tons of water and soda, sun screen and towels. We even broke out our Hawaii snorkel gear and that was a big hit. This is a much more secluded location and we're enjoying that a lot.

Taryn made a great sign designating this to be the official Honcoop-Black houseboat site.

We seem to have a lot of fruit so I decided to make some desserts: apple crisp, nectarine crisp and a chocolate banana cream pie. For dinner Gary tried his hand at making ribs. On the upper deck of the houseboat there is a indirect heat bbq that we've used for chicken, and it worked perfectly for the ribs. They were incredible.

This was also the nite slated for a Stock Market game. Brandon was very pleased to win this one - big time!