Last Camping Trip of the Year.

Our last camping trip of the year was great, but was not what we were hoping. Originally we had planned for a big group with lots of fall colors....but then it snowed so we scratched that plan since we didn't know what to expect. Katie did email us and ask if they could come along on the trip, but on the drive up I could see the uncertainty on her face. The drive was a little freaky. The snow turned the roads to mush and a couple times I thought our trailer was going off the side of the cliff. Thankfully our beast of a truck didn't get us stuck, but it was still a bit scary. Our big challenge was finding a somewhat dry spot...which we FINALLY did. We were the highest campers on the mountain by far.
We parked next to an old sheep coral, which the boys thought was awesome. They spent hours climbing and playing-to them it was like a big maze. There was even a dead rotting sheep left behind...ewe. There was a lot of snow so we had a few small snowfights, but overall it wasn't terribly cold and we enjoyed ourselves. We would be going back out this coming weekend but we have a crazy busy weekend ahead.

John and the boys piled on to take a (slow) ride through the coral.

They went through the loading chute and they just couldn't fit all the way through.

Our spot high on the mountain.

The stream was frozen over so we spent a lot of time breaking the top layer of ice...sounded like breaking glass.

Carson hiked up his pants to walk through the water.

Landon just walked right through-hence, the wet clothes.

Nothing like a cold IBC in a bottle. Why is it so much fun to drink out of a bottle?

The boys clean and ready for bed. They were freezing so I let them huddle around the heater for awhile.

It doesn't get any better than drinking hot chocolate on a cold morning.

John spent so much time keeping a fire burning.

Landon hauled this log in to make a "No whistling tree house" with Katie. FYI: Landon learned to whistle a few weeks ago so he is constantly walking around whistling.

The many face of Landon.

Katie was teaching Carson how to ski...too bad I'm too cheap for us all to take up skiing.

Sunday on the way home we stopped at Dick's for burger's and shakes. SOOO yummy!