Have you ever thought of having a vacation of your extended family, a chance for cousins to bond and all to relax and get together at something other than a holiday. I had heard of them and a few years ago, I decided to try one, then another, then another. As a mother to two sons with families that have given me five grandchildren, I began the adventure by renting a four bedroom house on nearby Balboa Island, California. The next year we went to Club Med, Ixtapa, then Palm Desert, California. This time we went to The Pines Resort, right on Bass Lake in the Sierra Mountains and just fourteen miles outside of the southern entrance of Yosemite National Park. One son brought his precious bass fishing boat and for a modest fee we kept it in a reserved slip at the marina that is part of the resort. We used it several times every day: early morning slow cruises, water skiing, rental inner tubes and banana boats, early morning and late night “catch and release” bass fishing fun times. |