Welcome to Tent City USA. These are 5 of the 11 tents that were set up for our recent trip to Idaho. We stayed at a place called 1000 Springs Resort just outside of Hagerman, Idaho. Resort makes it sound posh. First of all, you can see we were sleeping in tents. And secondly, the closest restroom was an outhouse. The running water toilets and showers were about 150 yards away. So, it wasn't really a resort - it was just good old fashioned camping.
Here's the view from our campsite looking across the Snake River.
There were about 35 of us - mostly John's family and then some extra friends/other in-laws, etc. Here's John surrounded by his dad, brothers, & nephew cooking us up some tasty grub.
We drove up Friday night & set up camp. Saturday morning John & I did a 20 mile bike ride. About 8 of those miles were uphill. That was a killer for me. John thought it was great. I quite enjoyed the downhill on the way back though. :)
That afternoon we rafted down the Snake River. That was great fun!!
Yes, we packed kids in the back of the trucks. Luckily we didn't go very far on back roads. Apparently it was pretty sunny that afternoon.
We split up some of the meals. Julie & Travis were working on this one. Love the hat she bought at a gas station on the way up. She fit right in with the locals.
Sunday morning John & I went into town and went to church in Hagerman. It was a great meeting. The rest of the day we ran the shuttles while everyone ran the river. While we waited, I read aloud to John from Harry Potter #7. (He hasn't read any of them but he LOVES the movies. After seeing movie #6 he wanted to read book #7 because he can't wait for the movie to find out how it will end.)
This was kind of our central cooking & gathering area.
Sunday night we all gathered and played a game called Werewolves. Apparently it's similar to a game called Mafia. It was very fun. We played several rounds.
Monday morning we got up, cleaned up camp, & headed for home. It was a great weekend. Thanks to all of John's family for the good times!
Here's the view from our campsite looking across the Snake River.
There were about 35 of us - mostly John's family and then some extra friends/other in-laws, etc. Here's John surrounded by his dad, brothers, & nephew cooking us up some tasty grub.
We drove up Friday night & set up camp. Saturday morning John & I did a 20 mile bike ride. About 8 of those miles were uphill. That was a killer for me. John thought it was great. I quite enjoyed the downhill on the way back though. :)That afternoon we rafted down the Snake River. That was great fun!!
Yes, we packed kids in the back of the trucks. Luckily we didn't go very far on back roads. Apparently it was pretty sunny that afternoon.
We split up some of the meals. Julie & Travis were working on this one. Love the hat she bought at a gas station on the way up. She fit right in with the locals.
Sunday morning John & I went into town and went to church in Hagerman. It was a great meeting. The rest of the day we ran the shuttles while everyone ran the river. While we waited, I read aloud to John from Harry Potter #7. (He hasn't read any of them but he LOVES the movies. After seeing movie #6 he wanted to read book #7 because he can't wait for the movie to find out how it will end.)This was kind of our central cooking & gathering area.
Sunday night we all gathered and played a game called Werewolves. Apparently it's similar to a game called Mafia. It was very fun. We played several rounds.
Monday morning we got up, cleaned up camp, & headed for home. It was a great weekend. Thanks to all of John's family for the good times!
4 comments:
Sounds like so much fun! I love camping and missed doing it this year. Next year we'll have to go for sure!
Ahhh... nothing like a good old fashioned camping trip with the family. I'm proud of you for getting out and doing something fun for the holiday and not going into work like I did! :)
Sounds liek you had a wonderful adventure - glad you made some great memories!
Sounds so fun. Thanks for stopping by our blog and for encouraging me to post more than just the title, lol. We miss you guys!
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