{"id":784223,"date":"2011-09-20T19:55:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T19:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/?p=784223"},"modified":"2011-09-20T19:55:27","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T19:55:27","slug":"camping-with-friends-river-rest-resort-pt-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2011\/09\/20\/camping-with-friends-river-rest-resort-pt-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Camping with Friends: River Rest Resort Pt. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bradley have have had a tradition for the past 20-something years, camping at the River Rest Resort<\/a>, in the teeny, tiny town of Washington, CA. (pop. 99)…they were gracious to invite our family, and two other families (also friends of ours), to join them.<\/p>\n

Located on the most beautiful river I have ever seen, this spot is incredible! \u00a0The river by the campsite has a deep pool that we could jump from the rocks into. \u00a0And, I could not believe this…the water was actually warm enough to spend the whole day in! \u00a0It was also the cleanest, clearest, best-smelling water ever. \u00a0Simply awesome.<\/p>\n

David, Eric, and Reb
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When the Bradley’s camp, THEY CAMP! \u00a0Check out this outdoor kitchen, including a running sink! \u00a0I could live here…
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Stephanie and Lori \ud83d\ude42
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‘E’ and Bev, modeling river attire, matching T’s…
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The two older teen boys, ‘R’ and ‘M’, dove for crawdads. \u00a0They caught a bunch of them, and boiled them up. \u00a0Typically, I am not a fan of crawdads. \u00a0They always tasted musty to me. \u00a0These were delicious. \u00a0Must be because the river is so clean…
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Diving for crawdads…
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There is a carved out tree that looks like a throne. \u00a0The boys are taking turns kneeling before each other….
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Game Table…
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The first night was clear and cold. \u00a0‘A’ had actually scrunched himself into a little ball, half on and half off the mattress…
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We all piled into Reb’s van and drove down a winding, one lane road. \u00a0He took us to an abandoned gild mining shaft. \u00a0To get there, we had to hike in about a quarter mile, and there was one area where the trail was non-existent. \u00a0We had to scale along a rock wall. \u00a0It was harrowing, yet exciting…
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<\/a>Entering the mine….
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Someone with a sense of humor spray painted some rocks gold and had them strewn around the entrance. \u00a0The boys were thrilled for a few seconds until I had to burst their bubble…
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We are walking only in the light of headlamps and flashlights. \u00a0Trying to capture the quartz veins along the wall…
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<\/a>The end of the line..
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Heading back to the road. \u00a0This is not a great picture, but I tried to catch a shot of where we had to scale the rock wall…unfortunately, it is behind that bush. \u00a0You can see everyone waiting their turn…
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I still have a bunch of great shots that I want to post, but this is getting too long, so I am going to end here and start another post, part 2…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Bradley have have had a tradition for the past 20-something years, camping at the River Rest Resort, in the teeny, tiny town of Washington, CA. (pop. 99)…they were gracious to invite our family, and two other families (also friends of ours), to join them. Located on the most beautiful river I have ever seen, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-784223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-fun"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784223"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":784322,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784223\/revisions\/784322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}