Thursday, August 6th I got up early so that I could finish packing and be all ready for when Eric got home at 7:30. By the time we got everything together, it was 8:00 when we were pulling out of the driveway. We went up to our favorite spot in Logan Canyon, Temple Peak.
(This is what our family drives consist of. Lots of singing from Alabama.)
We didn't do much the rest of the day. The day Eric comes off of grave yards is always a rough day. I don't know how he does it.
Friday, we slept in. I cooked french toast for breakfast, which is one of our favorite breakfast meals while we are camping. We rode our bikes around camp, went for a drive and the kids looked for cans. It rained quite a bit on Friday, so other than the little bike rides and the drive for cans, which stayed in the trailer. When it started to rain we went in the trailer and played a game of Farkle.
(This is the view from what I believe is Temple Peak. You can see Bear Lake in the distance.)
Saturday, once again we slept in. One of the joys of camping in a trailer, we get to sleep in a comfy bed and don't have a lot of reasons to wake up early. The only bad thing is I get in the habit of getting close to 12 hours of sleep at night, than we I come back to reality I have a hard time adjusting. After breakfast we decided to take a drive to Bear Lake. What a joke! It was Raspberry Days and there were people everywhere. We went to a little convenience store just over the border in Idaho to get a couple of drinks and then we headed back up the hill to camp. We stopped at the Chevron to get shakes. They don't have as many shake flavors, but it beats standing in line for an hour to get one down at Bear Lake. When we got back to camp we started a fire. The nights have been cooler, so we like to enjoy the fire before it gets too cold. Eric made a Montana Oven. Something he read about in a book. It is two holes and a then a hole that goes between them for air flow. You build a fire in the one side and than cook on top of it. We decided to give it a try. Once the fire was down to coals we took the grate off the BBQ and cooked our steak on it. It turned out great. He was so proud of his Montana Oven. When it got to be chilly we went in the trailer and played a game of SkipBo. We've never really played it before and decided it was one of our favorite games we can play all together.
Sunday, another day of sleeping in. Eric wanted a shake again. We drove down to the gas station again and got two shakes to share. We need to remember that two is plenty for us to share. Maisie noticed that one of her friends from school was camping down the hill from us. Her friend's dad was nice enough that when they left to go on a family four wheeler ride, he let Maisie and Parker ride their little four wheeler that they were just going to leave at camp. M & P had the time of their life. They probably rode it around camp for two hours straight and decided that they just had to have one. Hopefully, one day we will own one, but probably not for a couple of years. My good friend Michelle, decided to come up for one night. Michelle and her kids got to camp about 5:30. We cooked hot dogs and left over steak for dinner. We enjoyed a nice evening around the fire. Michelle and I had a great time chatting. We are both so busy that we don't get a lot of time to catch up on life.
When we woke up Monday it was pouring rain. By the time we got everything put away it was about noon. The rest of the day was filled with putting everything away and getting laundry done. UGGGHHH!! Back to real life.
