Camping

Last week, Mitch got work tied up by Thursday afternoon so we decided to take an early weekend and went camping at McCoy Creek which is over by Palisade's. We went with Mitch's brother and family and had lots of fun.




Thursday we pulled in just in time to set up camp and then roast some hot dogs and s'mores. Sadly I didn't pull out my camera until the last day so I don't have pictures of our grand activities. After breakfast on Friday we took the kids on a little hike. Actually it turned out to be a little longer than we thought and after following the trail for awhile we decided to cut off and make our own way but we eventually made it to the top of a small mountain and could look out and see the lake below. We certainly wore the kids out and they were complaining about sore feet and when I asked them if they wanted to go on another hike the next day they all said no. I know deep inside they had fun :)



Later that day we did a dutch oven dinner and just as we were getting the coals ready to put on the tops it started to rain and then hail so it was quite the adventure. I noticed that the kids tent was still open and sent one of the girls out to close it but she only closed the screen part so the sleeping bags and stuff got quite wet! But our dinner still turned out to be delicious.



Saturday was a cold and cloudy day so we didn't go to the lake like I was hoping. Instead we wandered over to the creek and made little boats out of sticks and leaves and had contests to see whose could go further. It reminded me of Oak Creek in Arizona when I was a kid. Fun memories.



Now we are back home and the laundry is all finished and put away and we are thinking of other places we can explore. Anyone have a fun place they like to camp?