Camping Trips 1 & 2

I'm going to try and record our camping trips this summer.  I do this because at the end of last summer the girls were bummed because we hadn't done anything.  My reply was....."what?!?"  We have done a ton.  So.....I'm going to document it so they can go back and read it and see that we really do do fun things during the summer.

Camping trip #1 - Memorial Day Weekend
For this camping trip, we left the Friday before Memorial Day and headed to City of Rocks in Idaho.  We stayed until Monday afternoon.  What's memorable about this trip you might ask.  That would be the rain......and rain.....and more rain.

After getting the trailer settled Friday night, it started to rain and can I just say that it didn't stop raining until Monday.  Of course that's how it worked because this is the day we were heading home.  We did go up into the rocks on Sunday but all we found was mud, mud and more mud.  Nicole kept asking when she was going hiking on the rocks.  We did find a little spot called the Twin Sisters where the kids could walk around for a bit but it was brutally cold and windy.

Camping Trip #2 - June 8-10
For this camping trip we loaded up and headed to Twin Lakes, which is just outside of Dayton, Idaho.

Once again, we arrived Friday night and after getting everything settled the wind started blowing and once again it blew and blew and blew until Sunday afternoon when it was time to pack up and head home.

All I can say is.....really?!?  Two camping trips in a row with terrible weather!!!  We've got to redeem ourselves and quick.

The girls got one canoe ride on Saturday while the wind was calm for a few minutes but when it returned it returned with a vengeance and everyone was scrambling to get off the water......accept for Jason and Josh who were being taken away from shore.  Dave and Pete jumped in the truck and started driving to find them to get them to shore and bring them back to camp.  It took them a few minutes but they were located and brought back to camp.

It was fun to play cards in the trailer with Hannah, Ashley and Nicole.  Nicole is a great cheerleader and Hannah and Ashley are getting pretty good at playing Dummy Rummy.  After playing with the kids for awhile, it was time for the adults to pile into Pete and Tif's trailer and play a round of Dummy Rummy with adults only.

Even though we've had two bad weather trips it is still fun to be out with family and friends.  It's so fun to see the fun the girls have.  Never once did they complain about the weather.

The next camping trip has been scheduled for July.  Let's hope the weather cooperates this time.