Pine Valley Camp

We went camping in Pine Valley on Friday. It's only about 30 miles, or so, from our house and it is much cooler in the hot summer. We made reservations a few months ago and were excited for it. They have been making improvement to the area and we stayed in a new campground they just finished. It was right by a lake and gave us a great opportunity to explore.

After we set up camp we went exploring down by the lake. A lot of people were fishing and we could see fish jumping but never saw anyone actually catch one. There was a stream leaving the lake and the kids played in it for a while. When we returned to camp it was time to build a fire and get ready for dinner. Bryan taught Ethan how to build a fire and Ethan was really nervous to begin with. He was terrified that the match would burn him, but once he lit the fire and got it going he was hooked and kept asking if he could build another one (what is it with boys and fire?!?). Ethan planned our dinner of hotdogs, chips, rootbeer and s'mores and then he cooked it for us.

When dinner was finished the kids and Bryan went on another exploration trip while I sat in the peace and quiet and read. It was great. That's what I remember from when I was a kid...sitting in the quiet outdoors reading a book and enjoying life. When they returned we played baseball. Ethan finally got his swing and was doing well. Then it was Courtney's turn and Ethan played catcher. She hit some nice ones. We had a few deer that were our audience and stayed for quite a while watching us.

Then we popped our popcorn, finished cleaning up camp and went to bed where Courtney talked and talked and talked while we told her to be quiet and be quiet and be quiet. Finally we all fell asleep and slept pretty well. The kids were a bit cold, but they didn't stay awake because of it.

The next morning we woke up and had cereal for breakfast, cleaned up camp and went exploring down some roads we hadn't been on before. Then we drove back to St. George. It was a fun campout!