Camping in Snow Canyon

Friday afternoon I went up to Snow Canyon to set up our tent site.  We made our reservation months ago and we wanted to take the kids camping.  Our tent had gone to the great camp-out in the sky but my parents had given us their tent because they didn't need it anymore.  I didn't realize how HUGE it was until I started setting it up and it was too big for the campsite.  It took me about 45 minutes to put up by myself because it was massive.  I'm sure the people in the site next door were having a good laugh.  But I finally got it up and things put in it so it wouldn't blow away.

We had a neighborhood party for Halloween (a day early) that we went to and then we packed up and went to Snow Canyon to sit around the fire and just relax.  I saw a shooting star on my way back from the bathroom, so it was a great, relaxing time.  Ethan did a great job maneuvering his leg and didn't have any problems with his cast.

The wind blew and the tent was so huge that it threw me off, but we slept ok and were ready for a relaxing morning the next day.  Usually when we go camping we have to hurry home for a soccer game or something.  This time the soccer game wasn't until the afternoon so we had time to make a dutch oven breakfast, drink hot chocolate, make a fire and just hang out.  Ethan read a book while Courtney danced around.

When it was time to go Ethan sat reading (because he really can't help much) while we put the tent away, cleaned up camp and loaded the van.  He was so into his book that he didn't even realize we weren't anywhere around him.  I think we could have driven off and left him and he wouldn't have noticed.

We really have fun camping.  We need to do more of it!