Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Fish Lake Campout

We went camping in August with Tom's family down by Fish Lake.  His family used to camp by Fish Lake every summer when he was a kid, so it brought back some memories for them to be there.  We don't camp very often and hadn't used our tent for at least 5 years, but we were ready for a little adventure!  We brought four air mattresses and discovered this was NOT the way to go.  One of them lost air too quickly, and one of them was much too tall for the tent and took up too much space.  It was also lots colder at night than anticipated (low 50s) and I was really cold.  Thankfully, the kids were plenty toasty in their beds.  It was an adventure, and I'll try to be better prepared if there is ever a next time!  We might just have to invest in a little camper trailer if this becomes a regular thing.  :)

The kids painted their own t-shirts





I'm pretty sure Steve makes the best worst faces ever


 Tom's dad led us on the unmarked trail of doom through stinging nettle and thick shrubbery to go to a spring infested with deer flies just waiting to bite us.  Abby slipped and stepped in the boggy mud and got her shoe all gross.  


Here's the spring we hiked to.  Not worth it!! 
Don't see a pathway?  That's cause there wasn't one!!

A rare smile from Sophie on this expedition - the deer flies made her TOTALLY paranoid! 
Grandpa told the grandkids why this spot is called "Umbrella Hole".  It's a funny story.

Alice was decked out in her finest necklaces for our excursion.

Tom taught Abby how to fish
She even caught one!!



Fish lake had some really nice views


1 comment:

Steven & Adrienne said...

Fun pics, I will have to get some of them. It was fun to go and do that, but never again will we go on the wonderful spring hike...oh wait I didn't go, ok never again will you guys go.