The Emerald Pools

While the Prices were here visiting, we wanted to take them somewhere fun, that wasn't something we could do just anywhere.  I had seen some people post on instagram about this place called the Emerald Pools.  It's on the south yuba river and it was only about an hour from our house and it looked so cool, so we thought "hey why not?"

We packed a lunch and headed up I-80, we turned off and I tried to find it, but it was a little bit difficult to find. We asked someone and they said we were headed in the right direction.  We turned this corner and saw a parking lot with quite a few cars and though it must be it, and then I realized there was a naked lady just standing in the parking lot by a trailer. I told all the kids to close their eyes and we drove past and parked.  We ate our lunch in the car and then hoped that the naked lady had left. We walked down to the lot and luckily she wasn't around.  We walked about a quarter of a mile down a little path to the pools and it was so cool.  The water was crystal clear and so green and pretty. There were giant rocks all over and the big kids quickly started off to see if they could jump off them. The water was really cold so the little kids just hung around with us and waded around. 

After being there only a few minutes we see this couple with two kids and a grandma come walking in.  The little toddlers are naked, but at least the adults are all clothed. Haha, not for long!  They come set up their stuff and off come the clothes! The old lady lays down on the ground and puts her leg up.  The man strips down and goes over and stands on one of the giant rocks forever. I guess wanting everyone to look at him.  It was seriously so crazy!  I don't know what would possess people to expose themselves to everyone and to all the bugs and critters that were there.  I was just really hoping the older kids would stay far away so they wouldn't have to see it, and they did.  They saw and really tried to keep their distance.   Other than the crazy naked family, it ended up being such a fun day.  The older kids had such a blast cliff diving.  Jane got bored and cold pretty quick and came back and hung out with the little kids. We ended up staying for a while and just having such a good time together. Next time we have to take Kevin with us!