Memorial Day weekend kept us running...for shelter, that is! We decided to go camping for Memorial Day weekend and invited the fam to come along. Kyle & Katie took us up on the offer and we packed up and headed up towards Trail Creek (past Horshoe Bend). Unfortunately, we didn't leave until Saturday, so all the spots in the campground we wanted were taken. So, we kept driving until we found something else.
With our luck, we didn't make it to another campground before we had problems! Curtis's truck overheated climbing the windy, dirt mountain road! Not fun! Luckily the view was beautiful when it first did it. (Yep...when it first did it...that means it happened again...and again...and did I mention it happened again after that!)
After many hours in the truck, we finally found an open campsite! A big, beautiful spot, with a gazebo covering the picnic table and a firepit with 3 benches around it! We were surprised to find the best spot in the campground hadn't been taken! So, we happily jumped out of the truck and started setting up camp.
Right about the time we started putting the tent poles through the tent, it started raining...no...pouring! We scurried to get everything out of the back of the truck and under the gazebo, while Kyle bravely stood in the pouring rain in his t-shirt and shorts, holding up the only part of the tent that had been set up thus far. We hurried to try to get the tent upright when crazy wind gusts burst through our camp! The almost then set up tent, tried to blow over and poles were bent and broken!!! So, we set up as much of the tent as we could. (Did I mention the zipper to the front door was broken too?! Luckily there was another door inside we could close to keep the wet out!)
It ended up raining almost the whole weekend. But, we were able to roast s'mores! And we even cooked steaks!!! (Curtis knows how to cook a mean "steak on a stick" over the campfire!) :) The boys did some tree tippin', while Katie & I hiked. Katie showed the boys up at shooting pop cans with a bee-bee gun. And the trip home was a blast!! (Picture Kyle, Katie, Curtis, & I...crammed in a Dodge Dakota...trying to beatbox...and getting it on video...then all of us dancing & singing to whatever CD's we could find. Are you laughing yet? 'Cause you should be!)
What a trip! Definitely one we'll probably never forget!
(If you look at the pics closely...you'll notice I didn't get the "wear a yellow shirt" memo! Too funny!) :)
