Camping

We finally got to go camping this summer. On Friday, Ty finished his last CPA exam at about 5pm. I was outside the building waiting in a loaded truck with all the gear and one excited little boy. We stopped at QT and grabbed sandwiches for dinner and headed up to the Pine-Strawberry area. It took us about 3 1/2 hours to get there, but that was only because traffic was awful. It took us 45 minutes to go 3 miles when we were just outside of Payson. But, we finally got out of the mess and into the woods. And by "woods," I mean the real hardcore woods. When you are married to Ty, "campground" is basically a swear word. Campgrounds are for sissies. We have to find some remote dirt road at least 10 miles from the nearest campground, and bump along it until your bum is numb. Then you go 5 more miles and you're in possible camping territory. :) Love you, babe.

This was Jack's first camping trip and he really seemed to enjoy it. One of his favorite things was taking tastes of the pine needles and bark. I wonder how much of it he swallowed before I was able to scoop it out... He also loved playing on our air mattress in the tent with his toys. We really enjoyed the cool weather and taking a break from our busy lives. We were planning on staying longer, but the weather took a rather wet turn and we cut it short. We're definitely excited to head back next spring, though.

Snuggling in the tent


Jack's bear hat - too cute!





Cody, JoEllen, Ethan, and Gavin were with us for part of the first day and we had a lot of fun hanging out together. Jack loves playing with his cousins.



This is us trying to make tin foil dinners. The rain got so bad that we had to move under the "porch" on our tent and cook them on the Campchef. We gave up after awhile and threw all the guts in a big fry pan. The potatoes turned out a little crunchy, but when you're starving, anything tastes good. (By the way, those are baked beans on Jack's face...not blood. I just realized that he looks a little rough!)