Week on house boat at Lake Shasta, CA

We want to thank Nancy and Paul Firby for being wonderful hosts to us at their home in Seattle and again on the house boat on Lake Shasta. They showed us around Seattle for several days and took us to Victoria Island and Vancouver in British Columbia. Then we all joined Nancy's son Matt and Paul's niece and her husband Lisa and Curtis on a beautiful house boat on Lake Shasta. We have a few pictures below showing some of the great times we had at the lake.

Pat, Dick and me enjoying the water. Curtis is in the lower right hand corner.

This is a picture of the boat. It sleeps 16, has a dishwasher, 2 bathrooms, 5 bedrooms, a gas fireplace, a trash compactor and a side by side refrigerator. On the upper deck, it has a hot tub, a wet bar with seating for 7. There is a sliding board off the back.

Pat, relaxing with a beer in her water chair.

Me in the water. See how clear the water is.

A view of the lake from the boat.

Here is an eagle that we saw on the shore. We saw a couple of eagles and a couple of falcons during the week. We also had a herd of 7 deer that played along the shore by the boat for a couple of hours on Friday afternoon. There were several fawns n the group and we enjoyed watching the Does teach the Fawns how to swim. We also fed them apples, and they enjoyed them.

We will miss Pat. She left us today to return to Arizona before going on to Illinois for her grandaughter's wedding. We had a great time while she travelled with us and it sure was nice to have the extra driver, too.

From here we head for Lava Bed National Monument in northern CA. Watch for the next blog.