July 17, 2007

  • CAMPING TRIP #1

    OK - so RAISE YOUR HAND if you like to CAMP!!!   

    If you don't know already - we are a  CAMPING FAMILY!!  Well, MY SIDE anyway!  ha!  Monte's dad says he has NO DESIRE to camp - unless he can come back to at least a 3 star hotel at night!  LOL! 

    In June we went up to Jawbone Creek to camp.  It is about 5,000 ft elevation near the Northern border of Yosemite National Park.  My dad grew up hunting around this area all of his life so we've just always gone to there to camp since he knows it like the back of his hand . . . in contrast, Monte does not know it so well.  Now that's a whole other story but I will try to make it short.

    My husband, Monte, is the girls cross country coach so he trains with them during the summer and thought it would be fun to bring them up to the mountains to give them a little diversity in where they run and the hills are great for conditioning!  UGgggh!    So I went up with my parents and Rachel and Greg's family and Tom & Daretia Frey's family (from the Lodi congregation) on Thursday and Monte and the girls met us after an early Friday morning run on the hills!  So everyone pitched in and fixed them a big breakfast!  YUM!  So after that, Monte was taking them on a "little hike" to Lake Eleanor, so we asked Daretia & Rachel if they wanted to go - "it should only take @ 1 1/2 hours".  Well, we turned off this way and that and asked a park ranger for some info on a shorter way to get back and . . . well, we never found that shorter way!  I forget now, how many miles we hiked - something like 12?  It took us SIX hours instead of the 1 1/2!!!  OOPS!  Sorry about that Daretia!  Poor thing!  She had blisters on her heels and was dehydrated and she kept saying, "You guys just go ahead and go, don't wait for me" -- yah right!!  When Monte finally found out how bad her feet were, he took of his socks for her to wear and she doubled them over her heels for extra protection.  Oh well, we're determined to figure out where it all went wrong since we're headed back up there next week!  Either way, it was a nice hike back into Lake Eleanor - the lake was so pretty and clear and soooo inviting, after just half of our hike!  We couldn't resist (well, most of us anyway).  The x-country girls, my nephew Lane and I just had to take a swim.   AHHHH!

     

    The next week we went to Melones Lake to fish and camp - I will have to do those pictures another night.  It is 3 am - Monte is out fishing tonight - wonder when he'll be home. . . Ainsley is zonked in my bed with me - Monte will have to find other accommodations I guess.  : )  Good night all.  It's 3:08 and Monte is HOME!!  I'd better go!

Comments (11)

  • I love your new slide shows! :spinning: I may have to try one of those myself. It looks like you are having a terrific summer. I like to go camping, but I haven't done it in several years. I may hook up with Bretta's family the next time they go. I think Delaney would enjoy it. Do you still have pics from Lebanon too? Check malawisister's site...she had a question about putting a video on her post, that I had no answer for.

  • Fun slide show! Never had bacon? That's amazing! When Frank's brother's family came to visit us last summer their kids had never had jerky. :eek:

  • Ok, so I am NOT a camper...haha.  We camped out in a tent once in my grandparent's back yard in Oklahoma one summer, but other than that, I haven't done any "camping.":lol:  I like the outdoors, but I don't want to sleep out there with the bugs....I also want to go back to the hotel...haha. 

  • Oh how fun! Thanks for the slide show!

  • Great slide shows!!  Looks like y'all had fun camping!

  • Love your post. :)  

  • Looks like fun times! Man I haven't been camping in forever, I think not since I have been married. Makes me want to go again. Our poor kids have never been. Ryan and I talk about it but it seems like any vacation time is spent going to visit fam and we just usually have other plans. Maybe I can convince my mom to go sometime when we are out cause you know my dad isn't going to go..LOL!! 

  • I love to camp..its not the same here...no mountains!  Remind me NOT to go on a hike with y'all!  haha

  • RYC: Oh and I knew that you hadnt painted the WALLS black silly...I just meant you did all these other projects before the cabinets :)

  • RYC: Well, it must not have been too traumatic for her because she didn't even mention it. All she talked about was what a great time you all had and how you cooked that big breakfast for the girls. So you can probably stop beating yourself up about it. :lol:

  • Hey!!  I raise both my hands!!!  Can't wait 'til next week!!!  Fryed my bacon yesterday and cooked and cut the corn off the cob so that it is all in the freezer and ready for next week.  There are too many hikes to take, babies to hold and fun to be had to do all that extra cooking while we are up there!!  Hope our hike to Elenor is uneventful.....wev'e had our adventures before. Hope to see you again this week before our big adventure next week!! Love ya, Bec 

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