Heber Valley Camp!

We went “camping” up at Heber Valley Camp this past weekend with a bunch of family, and extended family. We “camped” in cabins, had the use of not one, but two refrigerators, two showers (with hot water), and three bathrooms with flushing toilets. Really tuff camping!

We had fun swinging from the trees….

They only hauled us up 30 feet or so, then dropped us! (actually we dropped ourselves, but it sounds more dramatic saying THEY dropped us!)

the little kids didn’t drop the full 30 feet… only 7 or 8 feet…

I’m not sure if anyone enjoyed it…

Dude flew through the air with the greatest of ease…

After the first horrified reaction to dropping from 30 feet of course…

I didn’t scream at all. Not once. Scouts honor. (fyi.. I was never a scout )

Me.. exiting stage left…

We looked as some pretty wildflowers..

Went canoeing and paddle boating…

Overall, a terrible time was had by all! When can we go back?

Camping, Spiral Jetty, and Brine Shrimp

We attempted our first camping trip of the summer this past weekend.

We loaded up and headed to the North end of The Great Salt Lake, knowing that we would run into few (if any) other people.

Dude had gone on an overnight motorcycle trip there the weekend before, and had a good time. He wanted to take us back to enjoy it also.

Well, in the week between his trip and the family trip, the mosquitoes and no-seeum's decided to hatch.

We were eaten alive the first night, then again the next day. (See the poor kids scratching their bug bites while trying to play on the beach?)

So we finally called it quits, packed up camp just after lunch and headed to the Spiral Jetty.

As we walked along the jetty, the kids noticed that brine shrimp had hatched and were swimming everywhere.

Once we returned home, the first request out of Douglas was for a Brine Shrimp quilt.

I laughed and said, "I don't think so....", but I did decide that little Brine Shrimp bags would be easy enough, and useful for carrying summer goodies around in.

So I cut out a couple of felt Brine Shrimp,
appliqued them onto some
'water', and used some groovy fabric
for the lining and handles.

The boys are thrilled with them.

Now, for the next camping trip...