Father's Day Camping

Father's Day weekend was a camping trip with Ray's family. We were sad to miss Shelley and Levi and they were there in our thoughts. Imagine only driving across the lake and setting up camp. We couldn't see home from our camp site but standing on the beach you could see the downtown buildings. I was surprised how we were so close yet it really felt like we got away. Three tents on one site with 5 kids in them and Gramma and Grandpa in the trailer across the path. Amazingly it all worked out well. First night was rough as always settling everyone down even the camp ground lady was frustrated with how long our kids took to go down. Eventually all the adults were able to sit and gab around the fire enjoying food.

Saturday our little family had a nice family hike. We were not sure how the kids would do but once Mark saw the stairs he was ready to run up them - first set was just over a 120. We set out to 1st look out and waited for Mark and Kyla to determine if they could go on. They were amazing. Kyla did all the stairs (200 in total) and was carried less then 1/2 way. Mark was so excited to walk the whole way running at times. Up the canyon and down to the river bed to splash and back up the mountain on the other side and back down to our campground. The waterfall was beautiful but most of all we were so proud of how well the kids did and their great attitudes and YEAH!! we have a hiking family.

Second night was raining so hard there was questions about going home. With their tent leaking Karen and Terry headed home. By the next morning the other two tents had leaked to and we were all packing up after the rain finally stopped. As long as you're prepared rain never hurt anyone but really it's not fun to camp in a tent in the rain.

Thanks Auntie Mel and Uncle Don for the Poncho for Kyla she loved it!!