The first two days of or trip were spent at the Highline State Park, west of Fruita, CO. We met there on August 14, 2006 and were excited because we were going to eat s’mores, play at the beach by the lake and tell ghost stories. We did all of that and much more. The only bad thing that happened was that it rained the 2nd night and rained and rained. It kind of drizzled for about 2 hours then let up a little. Then it started raining again and the wind started. It continued on and on for a few hours. Luckily we were in our tents and dry, but it kept Cami and I awake. Luckily the boys slept through it. The wind had our tent all mis-shaped, but it wad pretty fun. Quite an experience.
Other then that, we rode bikes around the lake and around the camp. There was a pretty intense bike ride that went 3.5 miles. There were a few parts that had pretty good drops down the hill towards the lake, but nothing too intense. A lot of fun. Here are a few pictures of the park from the Colorado State Parks Website. I will put some of ours up here when I get time.
Most of the time, while not at camp was at the swim beach. We went early in the morning and stayed until the evening. A lot of the time there was only a couple other people there and we had most of the beach to ourselves. It was nice because there was a big grassy area right by the beach that had shade, tables and a play area for the kids. There were hills they could ride up and down and plenty of room for Frisbee. There were lots of rocks to throw into the lake and the boys did a great job doing that. It was great.
At camp, we played games, mostly "the Bidding Game" (or "Mormon Bridge" as the Hansen side calls it). It turned into the game of the trip and we played it any chance that we got. Dinners were good, as were all the meals. We had the chance to use the dutch ovens a couple times. The first night we used them both. One for chicken and one for potatoes. The next night we used one for a peach cobbler desert that was pretty good.
Spencer was sick with his respiratory/allergy sickness a little before we left and we were worried about how he would do. We took the nebulizer and medicine and hoped that he wouldn’t need it too much. Because we were outside and that aggravates the problem, he didn’t do that great. He is a little trooper and tried to breathe and didn’t complain about it but we heard him wheezing a little from time to time and tried to catch it before it got to out of hand. I had to give it to him in the middle of the 2nd night and luckily it had stopped raining by then. He never fought it too much and I think that is because he knows that it makes him breathe better so he is okay with the medicine. We typically gave him 2 doses, which took about 30 minutes in the nebulizer. After we got to the hotel we could hear him clearing up right away and we only had to give him a treatment a couple times, so that was good to get him inside, if only just for that reason.
Well, it is getting late and I am ready for bed. I will catch up in the next day or two about the rest of the trip. It was pretty fun and I look forward to the trips in the future.
