Wednesday, May 18th 2011 - Thinking About Building an Ark!

We've been trailer-bound for the last two and a half days due to the deluge of rain!  It has been raining so much that they cancelled the first leg of the "Tour of California" bike race because just up the road at Lake Tahoe 6-12 inches of snow fell and they decided they couldn't ride in the snow.  Meanwhile, here's the sad view from the window of our trailer (note puddles in the foreground).

We didn't let the rain stop us totally, however, and during the breaks in downpours we were able to get Sadie out to one of the several coves to play her new favorite game, Frisbee catch!

During our walks we are finding some interesting things.  The pine cones here can get rather large.  This one is sitting on a picnic table with 6" wide slats (it's a keeper! and speaking of keepers...)

Finally, today, the clouds parted and we were able to get out for a brief fishing excursion on the point and Isabel caught the first fish of the trip!  This large mouth bass measures somewhere around 12"--we're not exactly sure since the measuring tape disappeared from the tackle box. Notice that Isabel isn't quite to the point of holding her own fish for pictures, but she pulled it in by herself none-the-less! Bass in this lake need to be over 12" to keep so we threw it back (which Isabel wanted to do anyway, no matter the size.  She is a catch and releaser since she thinks bass and trout taste "gross".  Had it been a salmon, it would have been a different story.).