Tuesday, May 27, 2008

First camping trip of the year!

We love retreating to the mountains and we love to go camping as a family. We had reservations for Mt. Charleston for the holiday weekend. This is usually the start of our camping season since we try to go once a month during the summer months and into September and October. This year was different because we had some uncommonly cool weather in Las Vegas this past weekend which meant it was really cold on the mountain. On Friday morning the news reported a 40 degree high and 27 degree low. We are tent campers so we decided to skip the snow and stay comfy in our nice warm beds instead. Since the weather on Sunday was getting better here we decided to head up the mountain for a picnic. It did snow on us but the weather was pretty mild and we had a great time.
Four happy campers
Dustin trying to get that darn fire to start.
Scott was amazed by the fire and was trying to blow it out while he was saying "HAAAP-PAY" his word for birthday.
Yeah, this fire looks pretty good. I'm down with it!
Blowing out the birthday fire.
The girl's gathering pine needles for the fire.
Me and Scott enjoying the warmth from the fire. Sorry about the pink gloves,Scott, we forgot yours.
Mountain man

Catching snowflakes.
The snow was perfect, light and pretty, and there wasn't very much but the girl's had a great time catching snowflakes.
Who's that sittin' in my chair??

Mountain man making some hot cocoa for his frozen family.

That's not dandruff in this girl's hair! That's snow, baby!!
....Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes! ...
these are a few of my favorite things!
Packing up to go home... boo hoo
On the way down the mountain we had an encounter with these guys.... Wild burros or donkeys or mules or mini horses...what ever they were. just out munchin' some cactus. They did not want their picture taken and this was about as close as I could get although they were closer to the road when we drove past.
It was such a nice picnic and I'm really looking forward to our next camping adventure.

11 comments:

Sarah and Val said...

Looks like so much fun!! I love camping and we will have to go very soon. Maybe after all the moves. I will get the dutch ovens oiled up and ready to go.

Kourtney said...

Scotty blowing out the fire- too funny! I LOVE Dustin's mountain get up! It looks like ya'll had fun!

Rick/Dad/Grandpa/Mr. D said...

As you know, I've become a fair-weather camper in my old age! lol It looks like you had a good time - ahhhh, to be young again! :-)

Loved the wild burros, ponies, zebras, whatever they were. Ya just never know what you're gonna see out in nature, do ya?

Scotty trying to blow out the birthday fire! SO CUTE!!

Jerolyn said...

can't wait till June 6th!!!

Amber said...

That looks like so much fun. Now I'm sad we didn't come with you guys. But we were soooooo tired! And cute jacket. Are all you girls matching. They look really warm.

Kris said...

Glad you guys got to get up there for a little bit. I loved the snowflake on Karley's eyelash!! Scotty is so funny, birthday fire!! That was one big candle.

"french fries"

Julie T. said...

So much fun! I say this all the time. . . but your family does the funnest things! You guys are the best parents:)

Matt said...

I have been wanting to go camping. I love the idea of just sitting around in the mountains. ,,, ya nice get-up dustin, you looked like you were warm and thats all that matters.

Stac said...

dude, we're getting excited for el big-o family campout part 2 next week!!! can't wait.

Jill said...

How fun! You guys are great. The kids are going to have great memories of all the good times. And that you still had them despite a little snow.

Billy and Lizzie Calban said...

Its funny the things you miss when your so far from home....