Ice House Resevoir

This is another shortened post due to the fact that only half my pictures are sending from my phone.  Anyhow, the weekend after Yosemite we took a trip to Ice House.  We love it here, and try to go every year.  This is actually the place where Forrest and I got engaged 10 years ago.
The weather, again, was perfect.  We got there late Friday night, set up camp, and had everyone settled by about midnight.  We had some noisy (but friendly) neighbors.  The lake was beautiful.  We happened to be there on the weekend of the meteor shower, but by the second night we were so tired that we only stayed awake for one or two.  It was actually kind of neat because Forrest took the canopy off our tent so we could see the night sky.  I had just closed my eyes to go to sleep, and I thought, "It would be neat to see at least one."  Just then I looked up through the top of the tent just in time to see a big one rip through the sky.  I was satisfied and fell asleep after that.  We had some excellent campfires, and of course camping food is always the best.  I made some crisp golden hashbrowns in my cast iron skillet.  The second night there a bear came through the campground and broke out the window in our neighbor's car.  The kids awoke and spotted him foraging around our campsite.  I'm glad they got their bear sighting. =)

We came home Sunday afternoon after a short 30 minute drive and prepared to start the school year.  This was the perfect end to summer.