Almanor... Every summer since 1988, sixteen straight years and counting, a group of families has spent a week at the Dorado Inn at Lake Almanor. The core group has included the Hunter's, Tomasin's, Bachman's, Wallen's and Heringer's with appearances over the years by the Snipes', Nooter's, Chabrier's, Foss', Geselbracht and Connor. When we started going there, Morgan and Drew were one and three years old, respectively.

The week includes lots of time on the boat with skis, wake boards, knee boards and tubes, lunches at the Hamburger Hut at the Lassen View Resort, horseshoes, Dinner at Plumas Pines, midnight boat rides across the lake, pool and shuffleboard at the Ranch House, 21 aces and some great sunsets.