This weekend we decided to pack the family car and head off on another one of our wild adventures. It was the ward camp out, and we were really excited to brave the outdoors. The place we camped was about an hour away, and surrounded in beautiful trees and fields. We arrived at around 5 pm and quickly got our tent set up and helped my friend Shaohe set up his. Shaohe is from China and has not yet camped in the US. Dinner was wonderful. We had hotdogs, chips, potato salad, and veggies. After it got dark everyone gathered around the camp fire and we sang some songs. This was probably Ellie's favorite part. She loves singing, and this was no exception.
Then the hard part came...trying to put her to bed. We had a portable crib but she did not want to go to bed. Eventually, Mark ended up sleeping in the tent while she slowly fell asleep. The next day we ate a wonderful breakfast, and set off to visit the observatory and go on a hike. The observatory was pretty awesome. We got to go and see the actual inside of the observatory, and were amazed at how much machinery was required for such a small telescope. The hike was beautiful, but took longer than expected. All the kids were beat and so most were carried the entire hour of hiking.
When the hike was over everyone was beat and ready to go home. But not just quite yet. We stopped at an avocado stand. They were selling 15 avocados for $2. Needless to say we left with 105, some for friends, and 45 were for us. Lastly we stopped at the nearby mission. Apparently it was started in the 1800's and was the only mission that still operated for the American Indians.
All in all we loved the adventure, and the only real setback was that Mark got poision oak...again. But he will heal, no worries.
Now enjoy the pictures compliments of Shaohe. Just go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/snownontrace .
JEM
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