Friday, October 21, 2011

Yearly Camping Trip





 The first weekend in October, we stuffed the car to the gills 
with all our camping gear and hit the road for the mountains.
 We spent Friday afternoon-Sunday afternoon at a new campground
which proved to be the best one EVER:


 Perched on the banks of a stream!

On Saturday morning, we embarked on a 3.4 mile round-trip hike up a serious mountain to view the falls.
 Lots of scenic views along the way 
(and resting spots for those boys who seemed to get tired a lot!)
 Parker almost had us convinced to turn back, 
but we kept creeping up the side of the mountain. 
If we hadn't, we would have missed this:

 Or this!

 It took three hours to get up and back.
 Ah! We reached the top!

 Parker enjoyed the hike, but honestly, the kiddo really came along for the S'mores.
 And the fire-cooked breakfasts.

 And the excuse to get really dirty and whittle a stick for hours.

4 comments:

Trisha said...

Wow, that is a great camping spot. And what beautiful views! What a fun Family outing. I only go camping for the s'mores too and hot chocolate for breakfast!!!

Tracy said...

That does look like an awesome place to camp at! So glad that you and the family had a GREAT time (:

thejohnmfamily said...

That is beautiful! It looks like so much fun.

Whittier said...

Ah camping! Looks like a lot more fun with a near teen than our trip with a 1 and 3 year. The hike scenery is beautiful. Thanks for sharing!