Idyllwild weekend

It is now a family tradition to rent a cabin (or cabins) in Idyllwild for Memorial Day.  After last year, when we had 13 people in one cabin, we all decided to rent individual smaller cabins.  We had one so tiny this year that hubby couldn't even fit in the shower!  We probably won't do that again.  And, he fell out of bed one morning onto the floor!  Such were our adventures.

We took our black lab, Ripley along because these cabins are all pet friendly.  It was her first time away from her home and we weren't sure how she would react, but when we are gone, she doesn't eat.  PERIOD.  She waits until we get home and we were going to be gone for 3 nights.  That's just too long for her.  She's almost 9 and she gets separation anxiety.  So, we took her and she was perfect!  She was great with the two toddlers and I tied her up on the porch at our daughter's big cabin that they rented and she hoisted herself up onto the porch and took a nap.  She got to watch squirrels and blue jays at play.

There were 3 families:  hubby and me, our daughter, son-in-law and their 2 kids, and a good friend with his family and toddler who is 18 months younger than our granddaughter.  Our grandson is a month old and he slept most of the time, so he wasn't a problem!   :-)  (see the post with the photo of all of us with stickers right before this post)...

I took Ripley for a nice, long walk every morning and now she wants to go every day, but it is too dang hot here in the desert.  It was 106 yesterday and it will be 113/114 this weekend.  Ugh.  Then, it "cools" back down to the 106 range.

Here are some moments from our Idyllwild weekend:

 My favorite gate in Idyllwild!

 Our lab, Ripley, relaxing on her favorite blanket in our cabin.

 Don't you love all these fences?  Our cabin was the old barn like one behind the white fence.

 Clouds moving in one morning...

 The fish pond at the cabins.

 This is how hubby chilled the wine!

 Snuggle and wiggle time next to the fire.

Quiet time with mommy and baby.