Camping at Shaver Lake

We are back from vacation. We spent a week at Shaver Lake, which is about an hour inland from Fresno, CA. We camped at Camp Edison, owned and operated by Edison International, which means it was pretty clean, well run, and had free electricity. We drove up to our campsite on 6/20 and got there in the late afternoon. My Aunt Milissa, my cousin Valerie and her boyfriend, Aaron came up as well. Valerie's Dad, Mike, joined us on Tuesday.

On our first day up there this hawk comes and lands right next to our campsite. Jamie was even able to get pretty close and take several pictures before it flew away. It was beautiful and a nice way to start our holiday.

Setting up camp wasn't too difficult. We went through a company that delivers campers to sites to rent for the week. So when we turned up, everything was set up and we just had to unload our stuff and fill the fridge. (so it's not the rugged camping some people like but for us it was a happy medium).

Here is my Mom, Dad, my aunt Milissa and myself sitting outside one morning for breakfast.

Our first day we just explored the lake. It was about a 10 minute walk to the lake from our site and you could drive a good distance along the lake. It is a huge lake and we only explored a small portion.

Here are my parents as we walked down to have a look at the lake.

The first couple of days were pretty cool, I froze the first night. So of course, I was all bundled up. Luckily, as the week went on it continued to get warmer.

This was a nice little part of the lake near our campsite. It was pretty quiet and boats and jet ski's weren't allowed to make wake in it. So it turned out to be the perfect swimming area.

Over the next couple of days I'll post more pictures. To Be Continued...