The weekend of September 11th We took our last camping trip of the season. We went just outside of Richmond up the canyon there to one of our favorite spots. We were able to go with Josh and Jenn with their cute boys and Shannon and Larry with their kids. What a fun trip! It was colder because it is toward the fall season but the fun that we had by far out weighed the cold!!!
We weren't able to get our favorite spot because some other people were there and hogging up the place( can you tell i was irritated?)But that's not worth going into. We took a spot just above our favorite. it sat right next to the babbling river and a well worn wooden bridge led a path to a pavilion type camp area just across the river. The kids LOVED playing over there. It was great to play games too because there was ample table space.
The first night was cold but then after that we all had a nice weekend.In the mornings we all huddled around the fire trying to stay warm. As the day wore on we all relaxed in our various ways.
As Shannon tried to memorize word definitions She and I braided Sequoia's hair in to tons of tiny little braids. She wore it for about half the day and then took them out because she said that they were hurting her head :).
Josh and I helped each other dig out the fire pit. It was full of rocks and ash, but by the time we were done it was dug down a good 2 1/2 feet, Which allowed for a nice big fire. To keep the kids busy we had them help by gathering firewood for the fire.
That didn't last long with them though so its a good thing that across the bridge there was a huge area that they could just play and get dirty!The hill side was perfect for exploring, but not going to far away
Kyah took control of the camera for a while and this is what she came up with.
Aaron in the middle of a monologue about Obama( don't get him started please!)
Me coming out of the camp trailer with a Silly grin on my face looking guilty about something,
Charles Chelsea and Paco looking totally innocent. ( and wee all know that's not the entirety of it)
Paco just hanging out in the camp. He loved to be able to wander and just be, such an old man :) And last but not least are the pictures of most of us swinging on the rope swing that was in the pavilion across the river, what a fun thing for everyone to play with...
Jenn would have tried it too but her back was giving her issues :( maybe next time Jenn :) everyone had so much fun on the swing, Makes me see why having a rope swing was perfect back in the day. too bad it was fall and the swing wasn't over the water. that could have been fun :)
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