ATV and Camping

For the past several years we have gone on a camping trip for Tucker's birthday....This was the first time Payton was able to go. She is a very good camper.

4-wheeling is a dirty job but someone has to do it.

Emily

Tucker---Happy 6th Birthday

We went on a Hike, Tucker rolled his eyes when I talked about the hike, he says grandma it was just a walk, but.....it's my story and I'm sticking to it.

This is Susan, she has her foot in the cold, cold water, why? Well she went on a ATV ride and she thought the ATV was headed over the embankment, so she bailed. The ATV rolled to a stop, on the road, and so did Susan. My helmet lost a visor and Susan has road rash, and bruises. Thankfully she is okay.

Mark caught several fish in Crooked River, but he threw them back.

The Cousins, had a lot of fun.

The last day Susan got back on the ATV, she drove a lot slower this time.

Mike's parents usually come camping with us, but they couldn't make it this year. And John and Nicole thought it might be a bit hard camping with a newborn, maybe next year.

Rain.....again.

Last weekend we went camping above Idaho City, we knew the chances of being rained on was about 70%, but we decided to go anyway. Friday we took off on a trail that Gary knew wouldn't be open yet, but the guys just wanted to see how far they could get. I ended up getting the ATV stuck in the snow and muck. But the guys had a great time using the winch to get me out. We kept going until my son-in-law got stuck....Amy and I decided we had gone far enough.

They guys also got to remove trees.

The kids had a great time playing in the snow. Before we could get back to the trailers, it started to rain. It rained so hard we looked and felt like drowned rats. I decided that there are a few good things about the rain.

1. We had the road all to ourselves. No one else dumb enough to leave the camp ground.

2. Didn't need to worry about sun burn.

3. Didn't need sun glasses

4. Didn't have to eat dust.

5. Didn't need to stop for a drink.....rain just poured off the helmets into our mouth and down our necks.

The next day was much better, we at least made it to the trailers before the rain hit. The above picture was taken Sunday, a clear day but, kinda cold. We drove along the Middle Fork of the Boise River. I found the river scary, it was running fast and high.

But can you imagine how this person felt? We stopped to make sure no one was still in the car. It just might be their luckiest day ever.

Last Week-end

Gary My husband, and my daughters and their husbands, and Emily and Tucker went Camping at Sage Hen. I haven't been there before, but it was a great spot. I enjoyed it a lot. It's not very far from home, there is a lake for fishing (we didn't fish), miles and miles of ATV and dirt bike trails as well as hiking trails.

We went on a hike. Mark, Susan -- their baby is due in Dec

Mike, Amy, Emily and Tucker

Granddog - Riley

We enjoyed the ATV trails, we saw signs of bears on the trails. I guess the bears stay away from the camp grounds, there were no warnings posted. That I saw!

I DID IT!

SEA FOAM LAKE

PINYON PEAK LOOKOUT----9942 FT HIGH

POLARIS AD-----

I rode the ATV on the hardest trail ever, from now on 4 wheeling will be a breeze, I hope. I was crazy to even try the trail. And once I got to Sea Foam lake the only thing I could think of was, "HOW AM I GOING TO GET DOWN" I just told everyone that I was just going to stay there, but Tucker talked me into coming down. After I got down he told me he prayed for me. I prayed a lot and it worked cause I really felt like at time angels were helping me over the tough spots. But don't they always. God is so good to me. I would post a picture, but you really need to be there.