McCloud

 McCloud is a small town in northern California nestled near Mt. Shasta. It is a little bit cooler than Oroville. Jan and Lou have a home there. It is also very reasonable to rent homes there so it is a good place for a family meet up. We headed up Friday Morning. On the agenda for Friday was get to McCloud, unpack at various houses, dinner and games. Virginia rented a good size house and so we did most of our hanging out there. It worked great and was really fun. Caleb had his camera out and got lots of shots of people visiting and playing games. Kanjam, spikeball, crossnet, and ladder ball.

Joel brought a giant fire hydrant that was a sprinkler. It was a huge hit as well. The kids and adults played hard. Virginia. Cody and Jen made dinner Friday night. It was really good. It was so fun to be all together hanging out!

Saturday my immediate family was in charge of all the meals. Amanda, my mom and I got up early and started breakfast for everyone. We were cooking for 42 so it took a while. We made breakfast burritos and had muffins and fruit on the side. We got everyone fed and were ready for the day.

The first adventure for the day was to hike the McCloud Falls. There are three water falls. The upper, middle and lower. They are all really pretty. It is a nice hike with multiple spots to enjoy the water. Some people went and hiked, some were in cars and just went to the lookouts and some stayed back at the houses to hang out. The hike took longer than we planned because we stopped and played quite a bit. It was a beautiful morning.

The kids were in the water for quite a while at the middle falls. We finally got them all out and headed to the lower falls. You can jump off of the lower falls. Emerson, Andrew and Braxton all jumped off. It was awesome. Brooke was so nice to help them all. It was so fun to watch them. I couldn't do lake water because I had a mole removed on my shoulder and it was still open. That was a bummer. I love jumping off lower falls.

After we finished the hike we headed back to McCloud for lunch. We had Lasagna and salad for lunch. Those that were still up for adventure went to swim at Lake of the Siskiyou.  Siskiyou is a lake at the base of Mount Shasta. It was a beautiful setting. We had our paddle boards and just played. I was sidelined because of my mole but I had fun watching the kids play.

Caleb also had his camera and got some great shots of people.

We swam for a couple of hours and then headed back to McCloud. We needed to take family pictures and have dinner. All before dark:)

Anthony, Brooke and Caleb stopped on the way back to McCloud and got some great pictures. Mt. Shasta is so amazing.

Back at the house everyone enjoyed visiting and yummy food.

And some group family photos.

We don't all get together very often so it was good to get some group photos. Caleb did a great job to make sure it happened.

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Sunday morning we checked out of all our houses and had one last meal together. Lou and Jan did breakfast for everyone at their house. It was a great weekend. Went by way too quick but was so fun to see everyone.