Momma and Papa Craig go on their "Babymoon" in Guerneville, California, which is about an hour an a half to two hour drive from Berkeley along the Russian River. We stayed at the Riverlane Resort, an old "resort" with a bunch of old and simple cabins. Not exactly the luxury Princess Momma Craig prefers, but it turned out to be just what we were looking for - a decent place at a good price that had a full kitchen in a good location near sun and water. We were located right on Johnson's Beach - a great beach along the river where they rented canoes, tubes, chairs, umbrellas, etc. The also had a snack shack that sold the usual beach food at amazingly cheap prices. The resort was also located 1/2 block from Safeway and Guerneville's cute little main street.
We spent our first day - after about a 13 hour sleep Friday night (it was a rough work week), lounging and swimming by the pool, relaxing and watching movies. On Sunday we took to the river and rented a canoe and travelled rather far down the river, stopping at little beaches along the way for rest and swimming time. It was gloriously hot and the water delicious - we both had a fantastic time. Thankfully Papa Craig is in good shape and did most of the rowing. We checked out on Monday morning and then headed back to the beach, rented some chairs, umbrella and tube and had one last great day in the sun and water. Momma Craig was very content floating with the tube in the hot sun - ahhh weightlessness. Both the resort pool and the beach were swarming with screaming kids - a very good primer. A fantastic romantic getaway - we both feel really rested and relaxed. We are happy to have discovered this great kid friendly WARM river town and look forward to bringing Baby Craig back next summer.
Sun Lovin Lorelei happy to be on the river.
Captain Mathias charters Momma and Baby Craig along the river.
The crowded and very family friendly Johnson's Beach.
Looks fantastic! So much better than all this fog.
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