Family outing

Over Memorial Day weekend,

we packed up the family

and a picnic in the truck

and headed up the canyon a couple of miles.

We stopped at one of our favorite spots

where no one else was around

and made our little camp for the day.

The kids needed no entertaining.

They picked dandelions for bouquets,

walked up and down the creek

looking for treasures,

searched for and collected snails,

made their own fishing poles,

with grass tied together for line

and completed with a dandelion for a bobber

and tried them out

while Doug did some fishing of his own

and actually caught a few

small brown trout.

He grilled us some

delicious hamburgers

and we had a regular outdoor feast.

Even took a rare family photo

with our little tabletop tripod.

After lunch we packed up

and drove a little further north

to explore the ice cave.

It was mostly melted away,

but there was enough ice

to skate on.

What a fun day we had!