Sunday, September 21, 2014

Camping

We went on a 2-night camping trip in July in a nearby canyon and had such a great time.

Our tent



Megan and Emily



Tyler



Having burgers



This deer wasn't afraid of us at all and came and ate right by our campsite.



Megan, Darrell, Emily, Tyler



Enjoying the campfire



 
Breakfast.  We had those little boxes of cereal and the kids thought that was pretty cool.
 

 

 

We drove down to Grantsville Reservoir--one of the ugliest reservoirs I've ever seen, but the kids had fun throwing rocks into it.



Megan and Emily



Tyler





 
The kids also had fun throwing rocks in the little stream that went through the canyon where we camped.



Emily



Megan



Tyler
 


 

 
Emily



Tyler



Megan


 

 
The first day and night, and part of the next day, we were the ONLY ones in the whole campground.  It was SO nice!  We hiked around and the kids found "treasures."  They lined up these lovelies and left them on a picnic table at another campsite.



 
Crossing a fallen log
 




 

There were SO many pinecones around our campsite.  One of the kids called it "Pinecone World."



A little pinecone person.


 

 
Emily and Tyler collecting pinecones in a bucket



We went on a little hike near the campground



 
Tyler, Emily, Megan resting on our hike


 

 
The kids helped to stir the pancake mix for breakfast on our last morning
 



 

Emily, Megan and Tyler--dirty, but happy kids
 

 




Megan with her "Kindle Fire" made out of rocks (And my kids hardly even play on our devices, so I'm not sure why she thought she needed to create one out of rocks.)



Emily and her "motorcycle" rock.



Tyler with his "cell phones".



A view of our campsite.  We had such a great time.  We can't wait to go camping again next summer.
 

 

 

Cecret Lake

One Saturday in July we decided to try out a family-friendly hike in the nearby mountains.

A picnic lunch in the back of the van before we caught the shuttle van to take us to the trailhead.



The hike was BEAUTIFUL!  The big blue skies, the clouds, the flowers, the mountains, the smell of pine trees...DELICIOUS!



 
Megan



Emily



Tyler



 
There was even a little patch of snow that the kids thought was pretty cool.



The last little bit of the trail before the lake is quite steep.  Tyler being a mountain goat.



Heading upward



 
Cecret Lake





Emily by the lake.  The water was so clear.  We could even see little polliwogs swimming in it.




 
Emily, Tyler, Megan climbing the big rocks



Me, Megan, Emily and Tyler



Darrell, Megan, Emily and Tyler



More beautiful pics





Emily waiting for the shuttle bus once we got back to the trailhead



Megan decided to play the drums while we waited for the shuttle bus



We LOVED our little adventure up in the mountains.