The kids and I went over to Ft. Bragg this weekend to visit Ronna - a nice trip over all.  We took the RV - mainly to see how Alli would do on a longer trip in it.  She did fine until we were about 15 minutes from home - and I didn't blame her - I was tired by then too!

The lakes were full over in Lake County - where there is usually a beach at Lucerne had someone fishing over it.  It rained on us most of the way from Williams to Ft. Bragg, but it was partly sunny once we got there.

We went down to Van Damme (Not sure of the spelling there....) beach to walk around.  Alli stayed dry, but had fund trying to get wet.  We had to watch her like a hawk....

Mr. Alex was a bit camera shy....

But I got one anyway...

The beach was full of kayaks and scuba gear - it is abalone month, so there were lots of divers, and someone was having a diving class on the beach.  There was a dog running around on the beach, and I didn't get a picture of him, and I should have.  When I noticed him (a black lab) he was putting his head underwater in a tributary running into the ocean, obviously trying to pull something out.  He eventually did - a huge rock.  The rock was about 5 inches by 8 - huge!  He then ran over into the middle of the lecture being given on the beach, dropped his prize, and proceeded to roll around happily in the sand.  During all of this, his owner was patiently trying to get him to 'come here' - which wasn't working a bit. Too cute!  He really didn't want to go home, and gave his owner a true battle (without actively running away, just not coming when requested.)

Here's one of the 'sea caves' just off the beach that the kayaks go out to.