GRATE FAMILY: May 2009

We had a great first camping trip of 2009! We went over mother's day weekend and tried out our new trailer, which was wonderful!

We left home around 2pm on Friday and made it out to Twin Lakes, CA around 6pm. We had a couple stops to make and then we got out there and found out that the camping ground we normally go to is closed. Luckily there was one campground open...Come to find out they are re-doing all the water spickets because they are "illegal" (I'm pretty sure they were legal 50 years ago when they put them in!) So, we finally found the perfect camping site and set up the trailer without any major incidence! We made our first dinner at camp and ate for the first time in our trailer.

Grammy and Pop showed up a little later and got all set up for the night. We tucked Tyce into his little mummy bag, which was so cute and he loved it! Tyce and I hit the sack and Dustin went to play cribbage with his mom in their trailer...I soon had to yell at Dustin to come and get his dog because she wouldn't stop whining. I actually threatened him that she would be bear food if he didn't make her stop!

The next morning we had a lazy kid on our hands who slept in (both mornings). Once we were all up and had breakfast, we got ready for fishing. Tyce got a lesson from his daddy how to cast the fishing rod and then we put on his life vest and off we went for the river!

Tyce caught (reeled in) his first fish with Pop and then I ran him back and forth between Dustin and Pop so he could reel in the fish, which he did. He refused to touch the fish stating that they were YUCKY! Eventually we got him to at least hold the stringer for the pictures.

We had a great time...We spent the second night teaching him the wonders of roasted marshmellows and Smores. He would much rather eat the "mellows" straight out of the bag! (Who's kid is this anyway?) We got up the next day and did more fishing until it was time to pack up and head home.

We stopped at my parents and brother's house in Topaz and spent some time with them. Tyce and Echo were well tuckered out and slept a good portion of the way home!
We are looking forward to many more camping trips this summer in our trailer!