Sunday, July 8th, 2007
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Back from the camping.
Posted by Thomas on 08 Jul 2007 | Tagged as: General Ramblings, Picture
Yes.
I went camping.
Was it fun?
Well, yeah.
We actually went up to the White Montains outside of Springerville, to Big Lake.
First off, we drove up on July 4th morning, getting into camp about 3pm. My wife’s parents were up there since the Saturday before, so they already scoped out a camp and set everything up. Here is an overview of our camp:
It was a great site; since it was off the beaten path, there was absolutely nobody around us. The only thing we saw was an occasional ATV driving by. That’s about it.
(Our camp was overlooking a large meadow.)
Of course, you first have to setup your camp, and Cassie did most of the tent:
We did a lot of activities, of course. One of the coolest was geocaching. Cassie and I have done it a few times in valley with some caches, but this was my in-laws first time. We did three different caches that I looked up:
We even left our own cache at the campsite we stayed at, for other people to find.
We also went fishing on Big Lake, and while it was good fishing conditions (cold and cloudy), we didn’t catch anything. Cassie did have a couple of nibbles, though, but that was about it. Still, it was a good time.
And of course, what would camping be without horseshoes:
Or foot-dragging:
..or seeing some wildlife. And no, these are not moose:
And always carry your knife:
All in all, it was a good time. The weather was nice, and we even had a few afternoon thunderstorms:
You can check out the rest of the pictures in my gallery.
Monday means back to work, unfortunately.