I remember as a kid, my whole family would camp out at this spot and we'd always have a great time.
It's been over...5 years since I've been camping at Cachuma so when my cousins planned a trip this year I thought why not.
So Friday, my parents left in the morning and I covered the rest of the classes at work. After work, my sister and I went home to meet with my other sister and her boyfriend David.
We all meet up at the house, pack the car with our gear and make our way to the campsite leaving around 8pm.
I was pretty much sleeping the whole way there. I don't know, I felt very tired for some reason but by 10pm we finally made it to Lake Cachuma and meet up with the rest of the fam.
We actually had quite a large group. It was my family group which consisted of 7, the Brambilas (4), The Romeros (3), Uncle Jack and Dalia (2), my cousin and her mom (2), and our cousin's friends (4) so about 22 people at the campsite.
But anyway, we make our way and our tents are set up thanks to my parents.
We settle in and join everyone by the campfire. It felt nice to finally just relax and get away from all the bullshit in life. Just chillin' with family and friends.
Ate some smores and just hung out with the fam.
Went to sleep around 1:30 am...which in camping time is SUPER LATE!
But yeah. The sleep was fine, I actually feel like I could sleep on anything...so many people complain about the ground and bring cots or air mattresses which is coo but c'mon you're caaamping! Enjoy the natural hard earth for a bed.
Anyway, woke up around 7:30 because everyone started cooking breakfast. So eeeearly! But we got up and helped around. Each family prepared their own breakfast but we all shared...somewhat of a potluck.
We ate bacon strips...and bacon strips...and bacon strips...and bacon strips.
My cousin in law made french toast hahaha and everyone got in on that!
The way I saw, we only had one full day to do everything because by tomorrow we had to checkout at 2pm.
So we ate breakfast and went to a nature show which was showcasing exotic animals.
They were also have a yard sale at the nature center which had a lot of books and toys. I saw a small doll that was selling for a dollar and I found something very intriguing about it. Contemplating back and forth, I finally decided to buy the odd doll. I'll show you later.
So the kids watched the nature show which had some cute animals and then we made our way to the dock to rent a boat. There were about 19 of us so we had to rent those big boats and waited about an hour.
Then we started cruising around the lake and it was sooo dope to just feel the wind blowing across your face. Felt so freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ^_^
Came across a floating bathroom...very random indeed but we stopped by and some of the people used it hahaha.
It actually looked pretty clean haha. But anyway then we made our way back to the dock and got prepared for a hiking trail.
Yeah! We going all out today! So we start hiking and they had some dope trails. It's been a while since I've been hiking so I was very excited hahaha.
There was a trail that went about 25 miles...and I was down! Maybe not all 25 miles but as much as I could! But we returned because it started getting dark.
I biked around the area with my cousin's bicycle, just checking out the other sites and watching the sunset. Then I returned and took a nap for about an hour.
The campfire started and I sat with the others just chillin'.
Went to bed around 11:30...which in camping time is veeery late!
My full day was good! I got to do most of the things I wanted. Hike, boat, bike, fire, chill. Camping is a lot of different when you're older but nonetheless it's still one of my favorite activities to do with family or friends.
Woke up the next morning around 8ish am. Ate a small breakfast and started packing up our stuff. I undid my tent and waited for the others. It's sad that it went by so fast but overall, I had a nice relaxing time.
We left around 10:30 am and headed to a small city nearby called Solvang which is a Dutch-American tourist community. It's pretty cool, just a lot of small shops, wineries, and restaurants.
We ate at a Dutch Pancake house and that shit was boooomb. Then we all had ice cream malts...which tasted veeeery fattening hahaha whatever I'm on vacation!
Left around 3ish and got back home around 5:30. I slept pretty much the whole way home.
Finally make it back to LA and unpack all of our gear.
Then stayed home the rest of the day cause I was so exhausted. Took a shower and just chilled in my room.
Dope weekend.
Most of the group.
Wolfgang bitch!
The sis
I love the smell of seamen in the morning.
The sisters and I...on a mothafuckin' boat!
We all on a boat! You jelly?!?
Oh my chest! My bloooody chest!
Forever alone! lol I want a dog now.
So calm.
My doll has his own adventures..
He's like my parrot..
Everywhere.
Solvang...a lot of houses looked like this
NOM NOM NOM
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