The third day of
camping was Sunday and, because we weren't
going to make it to church, we decided to take the girls on a drive and have a little lesson
en route. We took them back to the fields of the original drive we had taken early in the morning. Actually Brian and I went on a drive at 5 am both mornings we woke up at camp. These meadows were absolutely stunning. It's like God took a paintbrush and enhanced the world for our viewing pleasure.
We had lunch here and then took the opportunity to take some
gorgeous pictures.
Poor Jeff and Jenn brought all their food (most of which Jenn had already
pre-made) and their fridge didn't work in their new cooler and so they lost all of it. Fortunately, between grandma and grandpa and us, we had enough with Jenn's
non perishables to make and impromptu lunch.
So we ate and then frolicked in the fields...
Just kidding, we didn't
frolic at all. We didn't even go much farther than this as we were a little apprehensive about critters and snakes.
This is our tough family pose.
Kolton got the memo.
Brian sent the girls a bit farther in so he could take this awesome picture which greatly resembles one taken last year while camping.
We spent much of the day driving which was a great
relief as it was 101 degrees outside that day. We went around the loop and then into town... twice. We ended up eating in town that night at a Mexican
restaurant.
We stopped in these trees and looked at the little creek running through... and nursed.
It's kind of nice to have two nursing mothers... it's like strength in numbers. Whenever one needed to stop, the other did also.
The rest of our group headed back to camp, but we stopped at the charcoal ovens and I'm glad we did. It was really nice there. We found out some interesting things and then went on the little nature walk that had been created by a local middle school. They mapped it out and identified historical items along the trail. I was very impressed.
These ovens were used to make charcoal. They were used from 1876-1879. It seems like an awful lot of work to have
built them to only use them for three years, but I guess I can appreciate that it was a different world.
Kolton napped until the very end of the hike when he got REALLY mad. We were kind of trapped and couldn't seem to find a way to cross the little creek and he was hungry. Finally, I got him to the truck and Brian ventured a little farther with the girls.
There they are all lined up.
After dinner in town, we went back to camp where Jenn so generously provided sparklers for the kids. They LOVED them. There were only two minor accidents....
which concluded our final night at camp.
We had lunch here and then took the opportunity to take some gorgeous pictures.
Poor Jeff and Jenn brought all their food (most of which Jenn had already pre-made) and their fridge didn't work in their new cooler and so they lost all of it. Fortunately, between grandma and grandpa and us, we had enough with Jenn's non perishables to make and impromptu lunch.
So we ate and then frolicked in the fields...
Just kidding, we didn't frolic at all. We didn't even go much farther than this as we were a little apprehensive about critters and snakes.
This is our tough family pose. Kolton got the memo.
Brian sent the girls a bit farther in so he could take this awesome picture which greatly resembles one taken last year while camping.
We spent much of the day driving which was a great relief as it was 101 degrees outside that day. We went around the loop and then into town... twice. We ended up eating in town that night at a Mexican restaurant.
We stopped in these trees and looked at the little creek running through... and nursed.
It's kind of nice to have two nursing mothers... it's like strength in numbers. Whenever one needed to stop, the other did also.
The rest of our group headed back to camp, but we stopped at the charcoal ovens and I'm glad we did. It was really nice there. We found out some interesting things and then went on the little nature walk that had been created by a local middle school. They mapped it out and identified historical items along the trail. I was very impressed.
These ovens were used to make charcoal. They were used from 1876-1879. It seems like an awful lot of work to have built them to only use them for three years, but I guess I can appreciate that it was a different world.
Kolton napped until the very end of the hike when he got REALLY mad. We were kind of trapped and couldn't seem to find a way to cross the little creek and he was hungry. Finally, I got him to the truck and Brian ventured a little farther with the girls.
There they are all lined up.
After dinner in town, we went back to camp where Jenn so generously provided sparklers for the kids. They LOVED them. There were only two minor accidents....
which concluded our final night at camp. 
I recognized some of those sights from our numerous trips to Ely!
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