Glenn and I were excited when Jessi texted and asked us if we wanted to go camping with them over at Buffalo Peaks! YES - we did! And then we found out Jaime had the weekend off and so we turned it into a mini family camping, knowing that Jill, Aleah and Parker would be in New Orleans at the National Youth Group Gathering! We did invite Robby but he was super busy with work so opted not to come down!
Plans were for Jaimes' and Glenn and I to head over early Friday morning - due to the weekend, we knew it would get super busy over there and wanted to make sure we could get a campsite big enough for 3 sets of people!
But unfortunately, Glenn went to bed with bad stomach cramps and I was the same that night - 1:30 came and then I was basically up the rest of the night, sick as a dog! DANG! By early morning I was done with all the stomach issues but was so weak that I knew I couldn't go camping that day! So Jaime's headed over and even on a Friday morning, all the good spots were taken! They did find a place big enough for all of us but it was pretty uneven - still better than nothing!
We headed over early Saturday morning - took a while to get the 5th wheel leveled but Glenn managed to get it done and then we headed out for a ride!
It was fun ATVing with the Smiths as we hadn't done that in a long time!! The weather was gorgeous and the scenery spectacular!
I always love this view overlooking Buena Vista!
The Keppys' arrived not long after we got back - Evan had to work and Kenzie had a party Sat. evening so they were coming together early Sunday morning! We were really hoping Kylan would have gotten the day off so he could come over and ride also but that didn't happen.....
I guess we're having happy hour here - Jessi made a corn dip which was excellent!
Brats, hot dogs and salads were on the agenda for dinner that evening! We ate up around Jaime's trailer since that was where the fire pit was!
Jaime wanted to take us down across the road to see this stand of aspens so a few of us walked down - Jessi just happened to turn and look down towards the creek and there was a bull moose just standing there looking at us!!! OH MY GOSH!! We were all SO excited! This had been on Jessi's bucket list forever and here it was standing right there - luckily I had my camera with me!!
Back up to the campfire for marshmallow roasting - I had found the LARGE marshamallows and oh gosh did everyone have fun roasting them!
As you can see, it was VERY dry at Buffalo Peaks - apparently they're not getting the nice rains that we are at our place!
Here's Jaime showing us the PERFECT roasted marshmallow! And then the girls would pull off the crunchy outside and eat it and roast it again!
Jessi also had a patient tell her about these colored tablets that you put in the fire for color - her Walmart didn't have them but mine did and I actually found them - oh gosh it made the fire pretty and we had enough for both nights!
I think everyone slept pretty darn good that first night! Gwyn did get cold so she opted to sleep in our 5th wheel the next night as we had plenty of room!! To Be Cont'd.....
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