We went camping at Jordanelle recently with Mark & Tricia & their family. It's been a hot summer... so of course the weekend we picked to go was cold and kinda rainy.
We had adjoining campsites, and Riley, Kenzie & her friend had their own tent close to ours. We had a lot of fun... but man were the nights COLD! Matt and I had stupidly opted to sleep with blankets instead of sleeping bags. We also didn't quite get our air mattress blown up all the way. That first night I was freezing and couldn't sleep. I finally got up and got our 5 towels out of the car and laid them over the top of the blankets. Ahhh... sleep... but I kept dreaming about my butt hurting. First it was the right side... then I woke up and rolled over... then it was the left side... yeah... my butt was pretty much resting right on the ground all night.
The next day Tricia and I ran to Wal-mart (yes.. we were WAY out in the wilds.. hehe) and bought some cheapo blankets for both of us. I do have to say though... even though we weren't really rough camping it.. we did see a deer. And on the way home we saw a squooshed mountain lion in Parley's Canyon. I'm REALLY glad we didn't see the mountain lion on the way there... I think I would have been too scared to sleep.
We went boating on Saturday... with cloud cover and wind. The kids enjoyed tubing behind the boat. Riley kept reaching in the water and splashing on herself because the water was warmer than the air. We had to cut the boating short because it started to sprinkle and everyone was shivering.
All in all, it was a fun time. We roasted smores, chatted, quoted movie lines from Zoolander and The Princess Bride. And the last day Tricia and I sang every good 80's song we could think of as loud as possible.
Our campsite... Matt, me, Sammi & Livie in the blue tent, Riley, Kenzie & Devon in the green tent.
Mark & Tricia's site. They were basically Base Kamp.
Sammi, Riley & Kenzie roasting smores.
Livie didn't like her feet to get dirty. Ummmm.... try keeping the water shoes ON.
Sammi, you can't really tell from the picture, but her legs were bright red from the cold water. She didn't seem to care though.
Oakley & Sammi riding the tube.
Riley & Max. Riley trying to splash the 'warm' water on them.
Max turfing it in spectacular fashion.
Riley having a thrill ride. She refused to let go and quit, it was like a personal thing for her. She's getting pretty tough.
Riley doing her version of Trogdor with a leg instead of a beefy arm.
