Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day Weekend

Eric had to work the whole weekend, but I still wanted to do something with the kids. A couple months ago, Shannon and I talked about planning somewhere to go camping. We decided on Downata Hot Springs up past Preston.  This was the first time I have pulled our new trailer. It pulls a lot better than our other trailer. The only part I couldn’t do was back it in.

We left Logan at about 6:00 Friday evening. I took my time getting up there. Shannon’s husband, Mark, was kind enough to back my trailer into our spot. Thank goodness he is good at backing up, because the spots were very tight. We got all situated and were just hanging out by the fire, when Kyle and Misty pulled up. They didn’t get there until about 9:30. We got them all situated and then the camp host came and told me I was in the wrong spot. So we had to move my trailer on the other side of Shannon. Kyle hooked up his truck and we pulled it around. We got it all set up again right before all the vehicles started parking on the road, which would have been impossible to back it in with all the cars on the road. We finally got to bed about 11:00. The campground was still really noisy with all the people still up. Everyone settled down about midnight.

Saturday, Shannon and Mark fixed breakfast. We always plan meals together, which makes it so nice and easy. They fixed breakfast and dinner on Saturday and Misty and I cooked breakfast and dinner on Sunday. After breakfast, the kids were begging to go swimming.  Thank goodness the pool was warm, because it was pretty cloudy and chilly.  We swam for a couple of hours and then took a break. My friend and Shannon’s niece, Krista and her son Kendrick, came up Saturday night. We all went back to the pool after dinner and swam for another hour and a half. I think the kids could swim all day long.

Sunday, we fixed scones, sausage, scrambled eggs, and fruit for breakfast. After we got breakfast all cleaned up, we decided to go for a drive to Twin Lakes. It was about a 25-minute drive toward Preston. I have never been there and wanted to see what kind of camping spots they had there. It looks like it would be a fun place to camp, especially when it is really hot and the kids could play in the water.  When we got back to camp we all got ready to go swimming again. The pool was a lot warmer today. The kids swam and the adults just floated around. That is my kind of pool. I hate cold pools. We got out about 5:00 to go fix dinner. As we were leaving the pool, my friend Michelle and her family were just getting there and checking in. They had rented a cabin. They joined us for dinner. We fixed baked potatoes with sweet pork, broccoli, and Olive Garden Salad and we fed about 18 people for dinner. It is fun going with such good friends and family. After dinner, we just sat around the fire and visited and played a few games. The kids enjoyed playing on the playground and in the sand. Downata is definitely a place for kids. If we didn’t have kids, it would be pretty annoying. There were kids and people everywhere, but they have a lot of things to do.

Sunday, we fixed french toast and pancakes and then packed up to head home. I talked Kyle into going through Logan, so he could back my trailer into my driveway. What a nice brother. We got home about 1:30, then we started on laundry and unpacking. I had quite a bit of homework I needed to do to. This semester is going to be very time consuming. My math 1010 class just takes a lot of time to watch the lectures and work through he problems.