Dad and Mom at play

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This is most of the clan out on the deck: L to R. David Jurasek and his wife Michelle (Portland), Bob Ervin (San Leandro), Sharon, Don, Bob, Brub, Ernie Rick (San Carlos), Maureen Ervin, Gary, Nancy, and husband Roger Cox (Hayfork).
My "cousin's reunion" was three weekends ago at the home of my cousin Sharon and her husband, Don, at Lake of the Pines between Auburn and Grass Valley. Marsha and Helen were the only two not in attendance. Their home over looks the lake and a path leads down to their docked boat.
Carol and Brub and I stayed in their home, as well as cousin Nancy and Roger. The others stayed at a house nearby.
Don took us out in their pontoon boat for a tour of the beautiful lake. Sharon's sister, Sandy, and her husband, Ernie, are in this picture. He has MS and is wheelchair bound.
Don and Sharon, our hosts.

Don gave Brub and me a ride to see another home.

Last week Dad and I rented Holiday Harbor's smallest boat, the Diplomat (not in the picture).
We are headed away from the marina on a wonderfully full lake.
Mt. Shasta was glorious!
Our first night we tied up in a cove in Little Squaw Creek. There seemed to be a butterfly convention going on.
Big, full-of-water, lake made it hard to find the fish! This is a little perch Dad caught and threw back! Dad did let a huge (2 1/2 foot long) catfish break his line as we didn't want it!
Early morning (6:00 am) sunrise as we drove out to his favorite fishing spot. The lake was fairly calm then; most days it was pretty windy so we did a lot of rocking and rolling.
This was early morning. Most of the time we were in swim suits but the weather and wind made it too cold to swim - I only went in once briefly!
Dad did get 3 keepers: a salmon (which I ate there!) and 2 trout.
When we got home Friday evening Cris, John, and family had a lovely surprise greeting and dinner awaiting us!

Now we're looking forward to seeing each of you in Maine and wishing you a fun and safe touring trip getting there!