Ian's Camping Trip

Ok... I was there too, but there are going to be lots of pictures of Ian! Camping and my face/head do not get along!

We went camping over Labor Day weekend. We were planning on going the weekend after, but Ian's schedule changed so this was our last chance to go camping this year. Something we wanted to do all summer... more than once, but what are you going to do?? Here's to hoping we will go more next year.

We went to one of my favorite campgrounds in Island Park. I was worried it was going to be full, but we got a perfect spot! It was actually a surprise perfect spot... We got there in the dark and were quite happy with our pick once we saw it in the morning.

Setting up the tent in the dark is always fun... Atleast the real lantern makes it do-able. We've had worse light to set it up in...

As soon as we got our bedding and camp chairs in the tent it turned in to a down pour! We planned that out perfect! It would have really sucked to have to set up the tent in the buckets of rain.

By the time we got the air mattress pumped up, it was late and I was super tired. It was a rough night... The rain was loud enough on the tent. Then there was rumbling thunder... Almost made me miss the train :)

The next morning we got to cook breakfast in a slight drizzle. Best hashbrowns ever!! I credit the dandy pan we found at DI.

It rained off and on the whole time. Just our luck... Oh well. It was still fun. We did have to go buy some hot chocolate (I forgot ours) and a deck of cards. We were in the tent a bit more than normal.

We both got new phones so we entertained ourselves with those. Gotta love camping where you have service :)

We took a drive up Sawtelle. It was Ian's first time and I knew he would love it! Well... we ended up in thick clouds, so there was no view. But it was pretty awesome still. Kinda scary the last bit going up. The visibility was very low! But we hadn't come all that way to turn back... Ian thought it was super cool. Which it was... but I can't wait for him to see the real reason I took him up there. Someday.

It was sooooo cold. And the wind was blowing HARD! What do you expect at 10,000 ft...

We were the only ones at the top. It was a fun little trip.

Coming out of the clouds. It was so much worse. You could barely see in front of you. Glad we didn't drive off the mountain...

Coming back down the view was pretty cool. But still nothing compared to what it's supposed to be.

Funky trees!

Back at camp and the sun came out! For 2 seconds... We walked down to the river. Glad we didn't meet any moose friends in those willows!

And then the sun was gone... and it started to rain. Again.

We have awful luck with wet wood... But we finally kinda got a fire going.

Enough for my breakfast smore's. That's all I was really looking forward to.... Kinda funny the rain only allowed them for breakfast :)

Overall it was fun. I didn't sleep well either night because of the rain on the tent. So we packed up earlier than normal on Sunday and headed home for a nap!