Camping

We went camping again last week during fall break.  We went up in the mountains and were able to convince Nana, Papa, and Johnny to go with us.  It got pretty cold that night, though (mid-20's), and I don't think they will camp again with us unless it's in the middle of summer!

 It was absolutely gorgeous up there, though.  The rocks were SO big!

 I was trying to get Shortcake to take a nap!  Silly girl!

 This time, we were able to go paddle boating.  We had so much fun! The girls had the faster boat though!!  Tink did all the work!

 Minnie fell asleep in the boat.  It was very relaxing and the sun felt so good!

 Bucko learned the hard way how not to get out of a boat.  It was up next to the dock, but no one was holding on to it.  He has one foot on the dock and one on the boat, and ended up falling straight into the water.  Boy, was he scared! The water was really cold!  We got him in dry clothes really quick, but the poor guy didn't have any extra shoes.  He ended up wearing PC's so he just clunked around the campsite.

 Shortcake fell asleep with Dad in the hammock that night.

 Papa brought an old flag that had gotten ripped up pretty badly.  We did a little "ceremony" for it and burned it properly in the fire. It was so cold that night, though, we couldn't wait to get to bed.  I think I turned in with the kids before 8:00 pm!

 We heard wolves early the next morning.  When we went for a short hike, we found their prints.  Can you see the claws?

 Shortcake didn't want to turn around. She just kept on going!  (That is Pikes Peak straight ahead, just to put things in perspective.)

 She loved her hiking stick.  It doesn't get much cuter than that!  (She was so funny too, because she would put the stick between her legs like she was riding a broomstick and then try to run like that!)

Even though it was cold at night, the weather during the days were gorgeous.  We had a wonderful time. And the food was amazing!  We did chicken quesadillas for lunch, when we arrived, then soups for dinner.  For breakfast, we had pancakes, eggs, and bacon with orange juice and hot chocolate! Yum!