A week of Faux Camping

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On Monday we went to Classical Conversations in the morning and then in the evening we went to Flat Iron Mesa Park to have a picnic. We had potato soup and garlic bread for dinner. After that we let the kids play for a while before going back to bed.

We did faux camping Tuesday through Thursday last week. We went to various locations in Millcreek canyon - each day we parked a different place. We thought our place on Tuesday was good, but we tried a different place Wednesday anyway, and found it to be a much more fun place. Wednesday we went further down the canyon and found another picnic site. Each day we would make a fire and cook dinner at the site, so when it rained on Wednesday that made our dinner take longer. Thursday we parked even farther up the canyon, but then hiked back to the place we ate dinner on Wednesday. On the way back we picked a bunch of elderberries, which we plan on making into elderberry syrup. 

On Friday we went up to the Poulsons neighborhood to have a camp out at their park. We had pizza with them and ate s'mores. Then we slept out at the park. Then on Saturday we went to a horse show in central Utah and watched draft horses pull things and people joust and we also spent time riding on paddle boats, and riding on horse drawn carts and eating fair food. Everyone has a fun time and we got minimal sun burns. Alison had to go home early because she needed to attend teacher training for Classical Conversations. Rea and Sara got to stay extra (and see lots of trick riding and barrel racing with Grandpa and Grandma, who drove them home).

When Rea and Sara were paddle boating with Grandma they got high centered, so Timmy, Grandpa and Gideon had to ram them free.

Today we intend to go to the park and pick some grapes, but we thought of picking up some things Rea left at the Poulsons on the way, so now we are hanging out at their house.

Here are a bunch of pictures:

































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