Thursday, August 4, 2011

Family Back Packing Trip part 1


We had a great adventure this past week. Starting with these 3, Emma- Hallie and Aspen, Kristen and I spent a couple of days in Cascade with Oma Great. We swam in the lake, went for walks/rides on scooters & bikes and crafted. Finally Thursday came when the rest of the crew was coming up.
Waiting for cousins to arrive. Thursday night kids bedded down in the living room while others were outside in tents in the back yard.
funny story- in the middle of the night, the sprinklers came on and Kurt's tent especially got wet (Jake had unzipped the rain fly) So Kurt came in hunting for the shut off valves and in the morning, the kids were ready to play. We were grateful for a dryer to take the moisture out of a couple of sleeping bags.
Play - inside and outside

While the adults organized food and packs


The little ones supervised.

And Neil taught the girls about how to take care of and use his cameras.
Then packed, we were off for a two hour drive to the trail head.
Where we had lunch
Tried on our packs

And waited for the grown ups.

They were getting ready for the traditional trail head photos.

Special thanks to Uncle Neil who took many many many of our photos.

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