Friday, May 27, 2011

Memorial Day Campout

 Our first REAL camping trip as a whole family.  Matt had to put down some salt blocks, so we decided to tag along with him.  We invited the Haymore family to come too and they accepted the invitation.  We stayed at a campground called KP Sieniga with one outhouse and a little pond.  We had SO much fun up in God's country.

 Chase was like he had been in a cage his whole life and he was finally let free.  He ran and played the entire time.  We were secluded and by ourselves so we just let him roam.  Dirt, sticks, rocks and his imagination is all he needed and he was HAPPY.
Audrey went airsofting for the first time and actually loved it!  
 It was nice and cool, so the extra layers helped!
The boys of course took a turn as well hiding out in the forrest, shooting at each other.
 Of course we went hiking!
They boys stayed with us in our tent...
 and all the girls stayed in their own tent.  Audrey got a little glimpse of what Girls Camp is like... 
she loved it!
 Sadly this is the day that we saw the smoke of the "Wallow" Fire.  It had started Sat. by two men camping and not properly putting out their fire.  It ended up burning the exact spot we were camping along with more than 538,000 acres in Eastern Arizona.  Arizona's largest wildlife fire ever.  It took 6 weeks and 79 million dollars to get it under control.  We went to church in Eager that Sunday not realizing that their town would nearly be destroyed in a couple of weeks.
 
 Matt went back after the fire had ended and got what was left of his cameras.  He got the coolest pictures that showed the progression of the fire.
 Memorial Day we went fishing at Luna Lake.  
It was a typical day fishing...slow.  But we did catch a few.

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