Memorial Day Weekend

Painted Rocks Reservoir

The Smith Family finally got to enjoy their first camping trip of 2009 this weekend. The girls were so excited they could hardly stand themselves. We choose to go down to Sula, Montana for the weekend. So...I've decided I'm getting old...or maybe just spoiled having a camper. We didn't go way out into the back woods or even to a Forest Service campground...yep..we stayed in a campground with full hook-ups. My excuse was that is usually rains over Memorial weekend and Jackson is still so little, it would be nice to have electricity.....yep..I'm a wimp. The place was really nice, it had a playground for the kids and also a fishing pond just for the kids. It turned out to be a pretty great spot!
Friday we had great summer weather, the kids got to play and we even fished for a bit.
Saturday was another great summer weather day. Went on our first Geo-cacheing adventure(of course it was an easy one for the kids) The kids refer to this as looking for a treasure....what a great family activity. It was actually kind of fun! We also drove up to Painted Rocks Reservoir....a place we had no idea was even there. What a beautiful place! Checked out a couple future campgrounds and headed back to camp. Of course...it wouldn't be Memorial Weekend without some rain....Yep...Saturday night it started raining. It stayed pretty warm but was just wet.
Sunday....rained most the day off and on. At least it wasn't freezing cold...or snowing...just wet. We hung out at camp. Dan and Robb decided they were going to climb this cliff while Keri and I and the kids watched. We were fine until they started scaling rocks! Later we decided to drive up Sula Mountain and found a Lookout(old fire lookout tower). It was a creepy steep narrow road but totally worth the view. I had to have a couple beers to calm my nerves on the way up! Did a little "treasure hunting" on the way back to camp. This one was bigger than the first so the kids were pretty excited to see what was in it!
Monday- a typical spring day...warm...little chilly...windy....cloudy...sun...warm...little chilly..... packed up camp let the girls fish again. The sign at the park said the pond was stocked with trout so the kids could enjoy the sport of fishing...however the place feeds the fish daily so the fish don't want to bite the kids hooks.....whats the point? Kalei was practicing her casting skills and was doing pretty good. Hannah found a worm and was packing it around showing everyone. She would swing it around like it was a piece of string..... pretty funny.
Next weekend we are headed to Hermiston.......just the beginning to a busy summer!


I think he is saying "Get this hat off of me!"




Hanging out by the fire in his "lawn chair"


Having donuts in the morning!

Playing horseshoes.

First camping trip 2009