July Camping Trip: Day One

This past week we decided to join my mom (Macher) in a camping adventure to southern Colorado and then eastern Utah.  It was an adventure to remember.  There was lots of laughing and giggling; there was also a lot of whining and complaining (and not all by Mommy!).  But that's to be expected with little people who are out of their element.  At the end of the experience, the kids learned something and will be happy to share all of their excitement for "Indian" houses with you.

 

Day one consisted of leaving for Colorado around 0930.  We set out in good spirits and stopped in Moab, Utah for lunch.  The kids loved the park.  Mommy and Macher noticed the dark clouds and wondered if we'd be camping in the rain.  Well, we've been praying for rain to ease the drought.  I guess you can't be too ungrateful when you get it.

Joe wasn't too sure about some of the equipment.  He preferred throwing the dirt.  What you also can't see from the picture is that he has only one sandal on his foot.  He just couldn't seem to keep both shoes attached.  We got around to calling him "Cinder-fella" because we had to get his shoe just about any time he was walking.

All of the kids enjoyed drawing in the dirt or picking up rocks.  It became a regular theme with all of the kids during the entire week.  Everyone got good and dirty.  But that never hurt anyone.

Jack wanted his picture taken from every angle on every part of the jungle gym.  It was like he was in heaven.  There are more pictures of him at this park than any of the other kids.  I guess he'll have a special page in his scrapbook of park poses that he loved.  What a crazy monkey!


Anyway, the kids played in the gravel and climbed on the equipment for nearly 45 minutes before we got back into the truck for the final drive to Mesa Verde National Park.  That went through rain and sun before we arrived at the perfect campground.  It was beautiful!

We made plans for Day Two and then the rain we thought we outran pushed us all to bed early.  Well, that's okay since we were all tired from our drive.  Ah...sleeping to the pitter patter of rain drops on the rain fly.  Blessings that we set it up before the downpour!