We have been waiting for this camping trip for a long time. I feel like we haven't done much camping this year and was so ready to get out and enjoy the mountains and relax. We left early Thursday morning when Eric got home from work. I think we were pulling out of the drive way by 8:00 a.m. We got just a little bit up Logan canyon and there was an accident. We sat there for close to an hour and then finally the traffic started moving. We finally got to our campsite at Temple Peak at 10:30. Got our trailer situated and pretty soon there were two more people that were trying to take our camp spot. We were kind of tucked in the trees and you had to look around the trees to see if any one was in that spot. We were so glad we got there when we did. By Friday afternoon, the whole area was packed with trailers and campers. The spot we were lucky enough to get was at the dead end so we didn't have to deal with a lot of four wheelers and trucks driving by. I think it is one of my new favorite places to go.
We relaxed for little while and then went on a bike ride and a short hike. I am glad we brought our bikes along. The kids had a tough time going up the hills, but it was a great place to explore and ride our bikes around.
Friday evening my good friend, Michelle and her kids came up and stayed with us for two nights. Saturday morning we woke up and Michelle, Kenzie, Maisie and I went for a hike down a trail. We probably hiked for about 2 miles down the trail and then decided we better turn around. We kept telling the girls that remember we have to go back so don't wait to tell us your tired. Going back up the trail was pretty much a gradual up hill, so they got tired a lot faster. Once I got home and looked up the trail it looks like it is about a 4 mile trail that leads to Temple Fork. One day maybe we will hike the whole trail. When we got back to camp we decided to head down to Bear Lake for lunch. We ate at La Beau's. Yummy food and yummy shakes. Couldn't believe how busy it was. There is a ton of people in Bear Lake during the summer months. And they sure know how to rip you off for hamburgers and shakes. Lunch cost us $35. Michelle decided to take all the kids to the beach. Eric and I were worried about getting back to camp cause we had a friend that was going to try and come up and was worried he might not be able to find us if we weren't there. He didn't end up coming up until Sunday afternoon. Once we got back to camp there was a down pour for about a half hour then it cleared out and was quite cool. We tried cooking ribs on our little BBQ grill, but ended up starting the whole grill on fire. We still tried to eat them, but they could have been a lot better. We enjoyed the evening around the fire and making smore's.
Michelle and her kids had to leave early Sunday morning. It was sure nice having them and the kids had fun playing together. Sunday was a nice relaxing day. Our friend Brett, his wife Laura, and her sister and boyfriend came up and visited Sunday afternoon for a little while. We shot off some guns at some targets. Then they headed off to Bear Lake for the evening. We had been debating on leaving Monday or Tuesday cause we were running low on water. We decided we would leave Monday so we could have one extra day of relaxing and getting things done around the house before going back to work.
We left Monday about noon, emptied the trailer, and then started on the laundry. The one thing I love about having the trailer is we can pretty much load and unload the trailer in about an hour. Makes camping so much easier and nicer.
Tuesday we took the kids to see Despicable Me 2. It was a pretty cute show. It was really nice having an extra day to relax before going back to work. Vacations just go by way too fast.
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