Saturday, August 07, 2010

Cushy Camping

Here is a look at our 23 hours of cushy camping, though considering the amount of stuff we had to bring and the craptastic sleep we got, I'm not really sure it's as cushy as I would like. I love being in the mountains, but would happily settle for a condo in the mountains instead.


Beautiful.


Happy.


Ice.


Balance.


Treats.


Tag.


Smotherhood.


Birthday.


Loot.


S'more.


Fire.


Height.


Breakfast.


Victory.


Proof.


Whittling.


Colorful.


Hammock.


Paddle boat.


Canoes.


Little life jacket.


Cool.


Shoulders.


5 Minutes.


Chili.


Seriously?!

Other highlights
Star-filled sky
Mom saying, "What's a shiv?"
Not having to clean the bathrooms
Cool temperatures
Seeing a badger
Deer walking through camp
No sarcasm detector
"Look, it's a pot gut"

**Thoughts??**

Comment Window Tidbit: Now we're sun burned, smell like camp fire and have about 5 loads of laundry to do...good times.

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh, that looks like so much fun!! I haven't been camping like that in a long time. My hubby would argue that since we live in the middle of the woods 800 feet off the road that our life is one big camping trip. But, I don't get smores and campfires every night. (we don't have badgers either)

Price Cream Parlor said...

Craptastic?! That word made me laugh out loud!

Those cabins are pretty SWEET for a girls camp location!

That hammock looks like a magic trick of free floating or something.

23 hours? WOW! I don't know if I would be so happy about packing up and then unpacking so quickly!

Enjoy sleeping well tonight!

brooke said...

That is the camp in Heber right? I stayed there with our YWs and really liked it. The beds are terrible though.

I was impressed with the awesome spread of food you guys had at breakfast.

The thing I hate worst about camping is having to take all that shiz for one night! Ridiculous.

Unknown said...

the label under the squirrel photo that says "chili?" that struck me as hysterical this morning... please tell me that was his nickname, and that he was not considered to be an ingredient...
:)

Jessica said...

Isn't that always the dilemma with camping -- it's pretty outdoors, the kids have so much fun, but it's a lot of trouble to get ready and a lot of trouble to get UNready!

{natalie} said...

i love the pic of the canoes and the hammock. it looks like he is hanging in mid air. i love your attention to details. looks like a fun time despite the craptastic sleeping!!

Natasha said...

Craptastic, I love your terminology!

That's a whole lot of effort in that trunk for just 23 hours but your pics are fabulous as usual!

Michelle said...

The aftermath of camping is not quite as fun as the camping. Can you believe we have never gone camping as a family? Wait...you know us pretty well...you can probably believe it.

Courtney said...

Looks pretty fabulous to me. :)

Minus 5 loads of laundry to do. :S

Ashley said...

Wow, that picture of your trunk is amazing and tells 1000 words! Packing and unpacking from adventures like these are when I wish someone else would step in and be the mom. Luckily we seem to forget those parts and usually just remember the fun (like childbirth!). Now you really can't say you didn't do anything this summer!

stacy{s} said...

camping is definately not as fun once you are "the mom".

{i heart 5 Crowns!}

patsy said...

camping as the mom... bummer
condos look better & better to me EVEry year!

HOoray you went- your kids will always remember it!

p.s. have I mentioned lately what an amazing family you have? I love how you make time for each other- awesome!

Kelly said...

I am thinking those cabins look luxurious compared to the cabins I just slept in a girls camp a few weeks ago. I loved the beautiful scenery shots. The hammock picture made me laugh because you can almost not see the hammock underneath, so it just looks like he's floating there.

Kim Sue said...

love the labels
love the casualness
love the family togetherness
love that you can enjoy the outside without dying of heat stroke - I think i even saw jackets!

amy gretchen said...

Cushy or not I'm just impressed we do it. Of course I am always surprised by how much stuff we have for one night.

When I pulled my camera out the next day on the plane I'll I could smell was camp fire.

Ah smotherhood!

becca said...

So fun! I think this is such a great thing that you do, and I especially love that you sleep in cabins and have bathrooms. It looks so beautiful, what great memories you are making!

michelle said...

I love that camp. Not so much the hard bunks, though. But at least you don't have to sleep in tents! And how great is it that they have ice?

Good thinking bringing a hammock.

Your trunk photo really says it all. Excursions like that are so much more fun when you're not the mom packing and loading all the gear...

Andy said...

Totally in to cushy camping. If you're going to camp, YOUR way is the way to go.

Holly said...

Loved seeing all your pictures--you have a wonderful eye for detail and always find interesting subjects.

Cushy camping is the ONLY way I'd go. Looks like y'all had a pretty neat set-up with plenty of fun and restful activities--sounds perfect!

Rebekah said...

ashley is such a cute little nugget. i love kids in pj's. so adorable.

the breakfast shot made me laugh. all the ladies wearing shades makes me think of the stereotypical morning after, totally hungover scenario. ha!

the canoe shot is wonderful.