Camping

The best part of summer is camping!  This year we spent a lot of time up at Grandma and Grandpa Morwood's property on Cove Mountain.  We loved hanging out with Grandpa and Grandma, our cousins, and exploring the mountains.  We went up there about every weekend in July (in between baseball games and Russell's work) and then for a week at the end of July and first part of August.

 

First there were a lot of card games like Go Fish!

Then we went on a lot of four wheeler rides.  Thankfully, we had much better luck riding here than when we went with the Farnsworth's.  

Clint and Haley took us on a long, bumpy ride around the mountain.  It was awesome to see all of the different areas and scenery.   

The kids love seeing this old cabin and exploring around the building.  I won't let them go inside because it is so rickety, it could collapse at any moment.

We also took a really long ride with Grandpa and Grandma and the Hughes.  We rode from the property over the mountain to Fish Lake.  This was a new trail for us.  We had heard that there was a trail that lead all the way to Fish Lake but we had never been on it before.

We stopped for lunch at Cold Springs and watched the rain clouds roll in.  It wouldn't be a long four wheeler ride if we didn't have to break out the rain gear.

The ride was so fun even though we had to dodge the rain.  It only rained on us a little bit because it seemed like we avoided the main down pours which was really luck for us.  We really only got muddy.  The rain only seemed to be on Fish Lake mountain.  By the time we got back to Cove Mountain, the sun was shining and we were getting warm.  

Another rides we took on our own.  We decided to go down every trail just to see where they lead.  We rode to this cool overlook.  We could see the whole town of Richfield from here.

Four wheeling is not the only thing we did while we were here.  We also did a lot of fishing.  We even brought the kayaks out to try fishing from the boat.

The water in the lakes were really low this year.  Because of this, we were able to catch quite a few fish.  Emily decided to stay up with Grandma and Grandpa for a week while we headed home for work and games.  She had a blast hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa and Tyrel and Jack.  While we were gone, Emily became a great fisherman and caught all of these fish! 

When we came back up, she showed us exactly where to go to catch the best fish.  She was right.  We fished in her spot and caught about 7 more fish.  The boys even caught a few while on their kayaks.  It was funny because they would row out to the middle of the lake, drop their line, get a fish, and then have to row back to shore because they needed help getting the fish off their line.  Finally they just stayed at shore to fish.  That night we have a fish fry for dinner.  The fish were really good with really pink meat.

Another thing we did while camping was help fix up the property.

Last year my parents put in a septic tank so this year we had to bury and level out the ground that had been dug up for the septic tank.  We hauled logs, rocks, lined a new volleyball court, and build a fence around the septic tank.  We called this fenced in area the graveyard.  The boys even found an animal skull to put in the graveyard.  We worked hard and had a fun time riding on the tractor with Grandpa.

Before heading home at the end of the summer, we took one last four wheeler ride to a natural spring.

The water was so clear in this spring and it was so cold.  We also walked around to try and find the starting of the spring but it was too far and too wooded.  We found a bunch of downed trees and the kids thought this huge root ball was pretty awesome.

We love camping at the property.  We especially love spending time with family and getting away from the world for a little while.

Can we just stay on the mountain forever?  Yes, please!!