Happy Memorial Day!!!

Friday night after work Riley and I headed off for the first camping trip of the year! We have usually gone on at least 2 or 3 by now, but for some reason we were late going this year, and we went alone! Mom, Dad, Josh and girls decided to go to the cabin instead.

From the get go I started to wonder if us going was such a great idea. While we were pulling into the gas station on our way out, some guy came flying up the side of the line of cars behind us and almost ran into the trailer, while laying on his horn. He then decided to follow us into the gas station and him and Riley got into a little yelling match. I was a nervous wreck, but luckily neither one of them got out of their vehicles and the guy drove away.

Then on our way down there our truck decided to get a little warm and we had to keep pulling off the side of the road. It never fails that the first camping trip of the year, something or everything always goes wrong.

So then when we got down the Sand Dunes and we were unloading the Motorcycle and 4-wheeler, Riley noticed that the front sprocket on his motorcycle was completely warn down, and he wouldn't be able to drive it. We then finished getting things out of the trailer and went to bed, since our trip down took us so long. It was one of the longest nights of my life, it was so cold.

Saturday morning we got up and had some breakfast, then decided to drive back to Payson to buy a new sprocket so Riley could ride his bike.

When we got back and finished getting camp set-up, Riley's mom and dad pulled in with their 4-wheelers. We were so happy to see them. The 4 of us went on a long ride up to Cherry Creek Reservoir (pictured above).

This would be a picture of our camp! We had a pretty nice little spot. You should have seen some of the "cities" of trailers down there.
This would be Papa Rich sitting by the fire waiting for dinner !

Chris and Riley cooking dinner! We had pork-chops, dutch-oven potatoes, corn, and fruit! I swear we eat so much better when we are camping then we do at home! After dinner Rich and Chris headed home. Riley and I sat around the fire for a little while then decided to go in and watch a movie. While we were watching the movie I noticed a small light outside by the fire. At first I thought I was just seeing things then it started moving. I told Riley I thought someone was out there, and the next thing we knew they hit the trailer. We turned on the outside lights and went out but couldn't see anyone. So we then went back to our movie. About 15 min later they did it again. So Riley went and sat outside to try to catch them, but they never came back. He then came in and decided we should turn the movie and generator off. He thought it was because of the generator that they were bugging us. So he took his Ipod and watched a movie on it instead, while I layed awake in bed, worried they were coming back. So another sleepless night for me!
Sunday morning we got up, had some cinnamon rolls for breakfast and headed over toward the dunes. We had a fun time and went on a 30 mile ride. This is Riley one of the times we stopped for a drink break.

When we got back to the trailer, Riley got out his Remote control truck, and played with it while i was making dinner. After dinner we were sitting out by the fire when our little friends came back. They yelled from a far "hey remember last night when I hit your trailer?" Riley's response was; "yeah." Then the kid said, "why don't you come after me and do something about it?" We didn't say or do anything after that but just went on enjoying our fire. We heard them come back again so Riley shown the flashlight in their direction and you could hear them run away, and then take off on their 4-wheeler. It then started to rain pretty good, so that was the end of our little friends.

This morning we got up and made breakfast, then went for another short little ride. When we got back to the camp, Riley decided to get his truck out again and this time made a jump for it. "Boys and their Toys!"

I let Riley play for a little while, then we cleaned up camp and headed home! It was quite the exciting weekend!