The Great Outdoors

Dave only took 5 days off between school years. Moving to a new school had him too busy for a trip to Utah, so we opted for an overnighter at Lovell Canyon. Our friends the Peery's and Lex's friend Shae came along. When we got there, the grown ups pitched the tents and got things set up, while the kids went exploring and set off to get as dirty as possible. Lex and Shae found this petrified deer antler.

We had Hobo (tin foil) dinners. They got a little charred and the kids were grossed out, but I thought they were good. My dad says the char puts hair on your chest. We made Smores for dessert.

After dinner, Camryn and I told some funny ghost stories - mine were funny because they were jokes, Camryn's were funny because they rambled on. We also had a little sing along. It started with Primary songs and later Camryn and Jaren started in on the High School Musical songs. Sadly, we ALL knew the words. The kids started getting tired and headed off to bed.

It got pretty cold while we were sleeping. Our friends have only lived in Vegas a few years and underestimated the desert nights. They had sleeping bags for their kids, but only a sheet for themselves. We gave them a hard time in the morning about it. We cooked our Barney Biscuits (ghetto Egg McMuffins) for breakfast and cleaned up to go home. Everyone and everything was dirty!