It was a bit confusing in the weeks before deciding when we were actually going and where we would go, but on Friday the decision was made. A different place every night. Not my mom's favorite choice but workable.
Friday afternoon my mom, dad and brother David headed up to Wright Creek right next to Green Canyon for those Idaho people who know where that is. They got everything set up and then Julie, Kevin and I went up later. I didn't get in til late since I was driving from Utah, Julie had to work as did Kevin. We opted for the pop-up camper so we were all sleeping in the same place. Luckily I had ear plugs. No one snores like my dad. Except for maybe Katie from my Guatemala trip. :)
Saturday morning we were up and at 'em, with some delicious pancakes for breakfast.
Julie and Kevin headed off on the 4-wheeler to set up some picnic for Kevin's friend and Dad, David and I headed up to Antenna Ridge to check out our next camp site. It was a beautiful drive. We even found some snow and David built a tiny snowman. Coming back down we decided that it was quite the drive to come up for one night and decided we should just go to our third camp site and stay for 2 nights. What a great plan.
We got back to camp and ate lunch and then David and I headed out to pick choke-cherries for my mom. What is a choke-cherry you may ask? It's a tiny berry that doesn't really taste very good, but when large amounts of sugar are added it makes an excellent syrup that my mom loves. After we picked for a while we headed back only to be told that dad had discovered the mother load and that we were to follow him and pick some more. And pick we did. There were SO many. We finally had to stop when we ran out of bags to fill. We then went back to camp and finished packing everything up and headed to our final camp site, Packsaddle Lake.
We went camping here when I was about 6. This was a memorable trip, as my brother David fell hands first into the campfire and had to be rushed out (30 mph) on the ridiculous road that led out to the hospital to have his burns treated. He spent the rest of the trip with socks on his hands. Luckily there were no such incidents this time.
Saturday night did prove a bit tricky since Kevin had had to go into work and was coming up later and didn't know exactly how to get there. We sent directions as we went but when the time for him to come actually arrived we discovered that he directions weren't as good as we thought. Luckily my phone got some reception and after some discussion and my dad driving out to find him we were successful. David, Julie and I had walked down to the fork in the road to put out a glow stick to indicate the right direction and came back scared out of our minds singing every ridiculous song our mother had ever taught us.
Sunday was peaceful (don't judge). We had our delightful breakfast and then we sat down for our Sunday School lesson provided by dad. It was on service and charity and I felt it was a great success. We followed up our discussion with a talk from the conference Ensign and then some reading from the Book of Mormon. Then we were off to the lake. Mom opted not to go since she still had very vivid memories of the last trip here and trying to climb up the trail with 4 small children. As I climbed back up to return to camp I felt sorry for my mom and my poor six year old self.
Sunday night was definitely the highlight of the trip for me. We were all sitting around the fire after roasting our hot dogs and marshmallows and dad suggested that we play Charades. It was a bit difficult until someone suggested that the person who was just it give the next person their topic. By far my favorite one was when I gave Kevin Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. He did an excellent job. Click here to watch the scene he acted out.
Monday was pretty uneventful. We ate breakfast and then packed everything up and came home. I took a nap and then headed back to Utah. All in all it was a fantastic trip and I think the only thing that could have made it better is if it had lasted longer and the Walker's had been there. LOVE CAMPING!
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