Camping - August 8 - 11

I took Friday and Monday off for one last long camping trip before school starts. We went to our usual spot up Logan Canyon at Temple Peak. It has become one of our favorite spots and it is relatively close to home. It takes about an hour to get there. It is just beautiful and pretty quiet. There are usually a lot of campers, but there is plenty of room so it doesn't feel overly crowded. We left shortly after Eric got home Friday morning. We did stop at Wal-mart on the way. We got up the canyon and had camp set up by about 11. There were a few trailers ups there in our usually spots, so we pulled into the first one which has the watering hole for the cows. The cows were very entertaining for the weekend. We didn't do much Friday because we were all so tired.

Saturday afternoon our friends Brandon & Brittany and Shantelle came to visit for a couple of hours. After they left, we decided to go for a drive to see if we could see any animals. We pulled over and went for a short hike and shot the 22 pistol. Parker is a pretty good shot. He could hit the target most of the time. He is going to be our little hunter. When we got back to the truck the kids jumped in the back. Eric thought it would be fun to do a little donut in the truck. Well it didn't end up being so fun. Parker went flying across the back of the truck and hit the side of his face. Eric felt so bad afterwards, he thought the kids would think it was fun but apparently they weren't prepared for that. Definitely won't do that again. We continued on our little drive up towards Temple Flat. We want to camp there sometime. It is a nice open area, but is further up the canyon. We drove up another road there for a ways, but weren't sure were it ended up so we turned around. When we got back to camp we could dinner and sat around the fire and then went to bed.

Sunday, we went for drive to Bear Lake. We first stopped at Ace Hardware to look for an axe, but ended up getting a blinker light bulb for the truck. Then we went to Bloomington Lake. I have heard of several people loving Bloomington and we have never been. It is northwest of Bear Lake. It took us about an hour to get there. We got caught in a cattle move. That was fun. Finally the nice cowboys guided us through the herd of cows. Once we finally got there we took a half mile hike to the lake. It was really beautiful, but freezing. It is a glacier fed lake, so it is pretty cold year round. We stayed for a little bit and then hiked back to the truck and went to Bear Lake. We stopped at the Chevron on the way back to camp and got a shake. When we got back to camp we had some intruders sleeping in our camp. Apparently the cows thought we were in their space. They weren't happy to have to move. All the trailers that were in camp had gone home. It felt weird being the only ones there. Later a couple of trucks came and dropped off their trailers. We built a fire and cooked pizza for dinner. After dinner we chased a few cows and then went for a hike up the hill to check out possible camp sites we could camp at in the future. Now that we have the fifth wheel we have to plan were we can fit.

Monday, we got up and ate a quick breakfast and then packed to go home. We didn't get home until about 12:30. Eric did so good backing the trailer into the driveway. He even had to maneuver around the neighbors trailer that was parked in street across from us. Maisie and I were so proud. I thinking we equally get stressed out about helping back the trailer in. Maisie also did not feel well. She woke up Sunday morning with a bad sore throat.

After unpacking the trailer and starting on the laundry, Eric, Parker, and I went into town and went to Home Depot for a shovel and McDonalds for lunch. Maisie stayed home cause she didn't feel like eating. Later, Eric and I ended up pulling a bunch of weeds and puncher weeds along the border of our yard and the neighbors. It is very frustrating that not only do we have to deal with our weeds we have to deal with the neighbors. They never take care of the weeds along their long driveway. It just becomes a long patch of weeds. And their dog poop always on our lawn. I think they trained their dogs to poop in our yard. There is a reason why we don't have dogs. They have their house for sale and can't wait for them to move and hoping for better neighbors without dogs.