Campout

Friday morning
we headed up
to Rifle
Mountain Park
for a fun
night of
family camping.
We were lucky
to find an awesome spot to camp. Mostly shaded and pretty secluded. Austin had some scouting requirements to fulfill, so he helped set up the tent.

There were lots of trails and rocks

for the kids to climb on and explore.

Doug and Austin

got busy whittling

some branches

into marsh-

mellow

roasting sticks.

then we had a

3-mile hike to do, so we took a long walk down the road. On the way back to camp, this deer jumped out in front of us. It was the biggest doe I've ever seen. Doug thought it was an elk at first, that's how big it was.

In the evening, Doug took

Austin and Sydney fishing

on the stream, while

Jordan, London and I

gathered wildflowers for

a table centerpiece.

Austin helped build

the fire

and we had more

s'mores than we

should have,

but what's a campout

without s'mores?

Yum!

We actually got

a pretty good

night's sleep,

and the next morning

had a hearty

breakfast

(cooked by Austin,

yes, another

requirement)

of breakfast

burritos.

He told me he wants

to do more cooking at

home, he kind of

enjoys it!

We ended our adventure

with a rousing game of

"upset the fruit basket",

then packed up and

headed home.

What a blast! We need more

of those kind of trips.