So, Cortina 1st Ward Campout.....hate to say it, but not that much fun this year and we don't have the energy to do anything about it like we did in our last ward!!
My complaints.....Date: August.... Location: 10 minutes outside of Payson...... Temperature: 90 DEGREES....Agenda: nothing planned for Saturday..... but, we made the best of it!
Sean and I had a crazy week, so were up until 3 am last night so we could take off work today to go. We traveled with the Ferguson's as they were short one seat belt for their family to ride in one car. (keep in mind if we hadn't had this prior arrangement, with the week Sean and I had...we would have bailed!!)
So, Friday we arrive around 3, it's seriously 90 degrees.....Sean wanted to keep on driving up the rim and stay at the cabin....we knew it would be a good 10 degrees cooler there...AT LEAST! I tell him to suck it up! So, we get to camp, set up our 'tent'...the back of the Tahoe! Then I'm just exhausted...so I take a great, much needed nap!
I wake up to find dinner DONE! WOOHOO.. oh wait.... I must share this story! On Wednesday, I get a text from Jason Filley asking if we want to plan a joint dutch oven dinner with them...SURE! So get this.....the MEN go to Village Inn and plan this feast for almost 3 hours over pie! Sean gets home at 11:00 pm! NICE...I have ZERO responsibilities other then a VERY SHORT list of 3 items to bring!! So then men make this chicken and potatoes dinner....good, but needed a woman's touch (salt, pepper, butter)!! haha, it was good though! Then, the cobbler...yummy yummy... a strawberry apple I'll be sure to try next time! To date my favorite is pineapple peach, with chocolate cherry a close second! We have enough food to feed 4 families
AFTER all of us have eaten! haha
So then, there is a great evening fireside...sun has gone down, it's not hot anymore thank goodness! Then my favorite part of camping...S'MORES!! I'm stuffed at this point, but a s'more is a must....so I had to make me one of those!
So I turn in early....still tired.....read myself to sleep by 10. The rest stay up talking....not me!
Then, we wake up, with the sun...UUGGHH not our thing....but if you want breakfast.... gotta get it early! So I drag Sean to breakfast which is yummy....it's probably 8:00ish.. then I pick up my book again....then..everyone starts taking down their tents before it gets hot...and by 10:00 am, 1/2 the families are gone!! NO WAY!! So we put a table up and deal cards... no way are we leaving... it gets HOT.....by 10:30, we are sweating....I'm like...this isn't fun. Sean says..let's go to the cabin. I call his bluff....we look at the Ferguson's....they are game....we are outta there by 11:00 SWEATING! We drive another 30 minutes, UP THE RIM....oh ya...cool weather here we come! We arrive around 11:30....YES this is camping weather!
We walk into the chilly cabin.....stock up on food at the expensive grocery store up the street..we are set for another 24 hours of bliss!
At 4:00 it starts raining....cooler weather!!! It rains off and on all night....LOVE IT!! I sit on the front porch wrapped in a blanket finishing my book....can we stay all week please?
My complaints.....Date: August.... Location: 10 minutes outside of Payson...... Temperature: 90 DEGREES....Agenda: nothing planned for Saturday..... but, we made the best of it!
Sean and I had a crazy week, so were up until 3 am last night so we could take off work today to go. We traveled with the Ferguson's as they were short one seat belt for their family to ride in one car. (keep in mind if we hadn't had this prior arrangement, with the week Sean and I had...we would have bailed!!)
So, Friday we arrive around 3, it's seriously 90 degrees.....Sean wanted to keep on driving up the rim and stay at the cabin....we knew it would be a good 10 degrees cooler there...AT LEAST! I tell him to suck it up! So, we get to camp, set up our 'tent'...the back of the Tahoe! Then I'm just exhausted...so I take a great, much needed nap!
I wake up to find dinner DONE! WOOHOO.. oh wait.... I must share this story! On Wednesday, I get a text from Jason Filley asking if we want to plan a joint dutch oven dinner with them...SURE! So get this.....the MEN go to Village Inn and plan this feast for almost 3 hours over pie! Sean gets home at 11:00 pm! NICE...I have ZERO responsibilities other then a VERY SHORT list of 3 items to bring!! So then men make this chicken and potatoes dinner....good, but needed a woman's touch (salt, pepper, butter)!! haha, it was good though! Then, the cobbler...yummy yummy... a strawberry apple I'll be sure to try next time! To date my favorite is pineapple peach, with chocolate cherry a close second! We have enough food to feed 4 families
AFTER all of us have eaten! haha
So then, there is a great evening fireside...sun has gone down, it's not hot anymore thank goodness! Then my favorite part of camping...S'MORES!! I'm stuffed at this point, but a s'more is a must....so I had to make me one of those!
So I turn in early....still tired.....read myself to sleep by 10. The rest stay up talking....not me!
Then, we wake up, with the sun...UUGGHH not our thing....but if you want breakfast.... gotta get it early! So I drag Sean to breakfast which is yummy....it's probably 8:00ish.. then I pick up my book again....then..everyone starts taking down their tents before it gets hot...and by 10:00 am, 1/2 the families are gone!! NO WAY!! So we put a table up and deal cards... no way are we leaving... it gets HOT.....by 10:30, we are sweating....I'm like...this isn't fun. Sean says..let's go to the cabin. I call his bluff....we look at the Ferguson's....they are game....we are outta there by 11:00 SWEATING! We drive another 30 minutes, UP THE RIM....oh ya...cool weather here we come! We arrive around 11:30....YES this is camping weather!
We walk into the chilly cabin.....stock up on food at the expensive grocery store up the street..we are set for another 24 hours of bliss!
At 4:00 it starts raining....cooler weather!!! It rains off and on all night....LOVE IT!! I sit on the front porch wrapped in a blanket finishing my book....can we stay all week please?
Ferguson's setting up their overnight mansion!
Be patient dads....let the scout start the fire!!
Offering just a LITTLE bit of help!
The feast!!
YUMMY!!!
So I'm done venting about ward campouts, and we'll probably go again next year....saying the whole way up....we should have volunteered to do the Saturday Games!! It was a great tradition we started in our old ward.....The Amazing Race! Ah the memories.... Getting grumpy with old age I guess!!! OHMYGOSH, I just had an awesome idea......we drive up Friday, we leave after the program and head for the cabin for the rest of the weekend....PERFECT!!!
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Oh...we miss you guys...not to mention your AMAZING RACE. Did Aaron tell you he and Alisa were in charge of the Amazing Race this year at the campout we didn't go to. The girls said it was okay...but not as good as the Tate's!
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