And it almost didn't happen. The morning of our camping trip Cade threw up. He never gets sick! We weren't sure whether to go ahead with the trip or play it safe. He seemed to feeling back to normal after puking, so we took a chance and went anyways!
We planned a trip to Farish Recreation Area with our friends the Bennetts. They live just down the street and the kids have a great time playing together (and the adults too), so we thought it'd be fun to have a camp out.
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| This campground is beautiful! North of Woodland park, at about 9,000 ft. Clear mountain air, great scenery, and military owned and operated, making it economical and nice friendly neighbors for your campgrounds. |
It was a little chilly at night, stormy at times, raining at times, and terribly hot at times, but that's camping in Colorado for you!
We cooked, we hiked, we chatted while the kids played, Joe fished and even the dogs had a good time!
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| We had matching tents! |
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| We called this a water dog. It was some sort of salamander, gills AND legs! |
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| Carson got cold in the tent so he snuggled with Dan. So cute! |
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| It's not camping without some dutch oven cooking! |
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| Cade and Caleb |
Our campsites were right off the lake and just behind us were the woods. The kids explored behind our sites and found these awesome boulder formations that created some cave-like areas to play in and climb around on. This is a kid's dream come true!
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| We joked about using this as their engagement picture, lol! Cade and Shelby |
There were a few unpleasant moments, like when Dan burned his thumb on the dutch oven, when Alex burned is pinky on the fire ring, and then when Alex lost a battle with one of the boulders and got scratched up his back. He was still a good sport!
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| Alex and Conner never left each other's side, often holding hands |
On our last night before bed we did a little glow in the dark tic tac toe. I think that's why the pictures are a little blurry. But they had fun and got to bring home some glow souvenirs!
What a way to kick off summer! We had a blast :)
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