Bass Lake

After visiting my brother and his family for a few days we drove to Bass Lake. It is located at the south entrance to Yosemite. We along with 2 others families rented a house right on the lake for a few days. It was so beautiful, the type of setting that you see on movies where kids go to summer camp. The lake is surrounded by tall pine trees, the water is a beautiful color and we couldn't have asked for a better location or a better time.

The Keelers, Downings and Gharrings on the deck of the house overlooking the lake.



At night the kids spent hours playing cards - the game of choice was gin rummy!

The Downings just happened to have a water trampoline - so plenty of time was spent on it

and on this - we are now all pro rowers

jumping off our private dock never got old

We tubed and wake boarded all day long. Poor Max on the first day was behind the wheel of the boat for 10 and 1/2 hours we figured out and loved every bit of it! This is the before shot of Lindsey and Hayley

This is the after shot - there was blood everywhere - they said the 6 feet of air they got was all worth it.

Seriously how many children can be towed on a tube - they found all sorts of ways to have fun.

The sunsets and night skies were so beautiful every night. It made me happy. The kids got sick of me telling them to look at how beautiful this or that was.


This is Luke on the kids ski - he thought he was so cool and loved every second of it. He was a pro. I cant believe I dont have shots of the other kids but they all got up on the wakeboard which meant for happy children.



One day we we went on a hike to these water falls. We knew in advance that it was pretty dangerous so we left the younger kids at the house. It was so cool - I love stuff like this. There was waterfalls and natural waterslides, there was water holes that you could jump into and it was so pretty. The water was frigid but so worth it for the cool experience. I could have spent so much time exploring and playing and hiking - once again very cool


Abby found this cool little heart shaped rock. I love her!

What a great trip. We came home exhausted from late nights of game playing and early mornings of boating on the glassy water and days full of relaxation and fun. It was a great last hurrah before summer was over! I am a Bass Lake fan!