Last Friday, Carl and I went to Hobble Creek Canyon to camp with the ward. We were at the Cherry campground, and we had a beautiful spot right by the creek(ish), good food, good company, and a very interesting cold night :)
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| Bravo!!! We were able to put up our tent! |
The guys played frisbee golf in the woods nearby, and the kids had a blast! We all had navajo tacos for dinner and the men made DESSERTS that were really yummy and sweet - my favorite was the pineapple upside down dutch oven cake! For Carl, I think he got some sugar over load - he made this water bottle rocket!
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| The infamous "where-did-it-go" water bottle rocket courtesy of Carl |
So basically, they put water inside the water bottles, place it upside down on the launch pad connected to an air pump, and they pump air inside the bottle, and when enough pressure has built up they release the string that keeps the bottle in place, and the water bottle rockets up (and some get wet). And so after much pumping...
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| Up, up, and away (?) "where did it go?" |
As it grew darker and the winds got colder, we decided it was time to build a fire and start talking stories around it. It was cool, I must say. Talking stories around the candle during a power outage in the province is still way cooler, I think ;)
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| Here's Stuart, our neighbor, telling a story about "Falling Rock" - and why we should always WATCH OUT for "him" |
Sleeping in a tent is an interesting sleeping situation. This is our second time to go camping as a couple, the first time was at Moab and we had a bigger tent and an air bed and sleeping bags. This time, we had a smaller tent, no air bed or sleeping bags, just a comforter and thick blankets. Oh it was indeed an interesting cold night! And Carl couldn't sleep... he was basically waking up almost every two hours checking if we have visitors. Most Utah camping grounds are Black Bear countries, so Carl was a little bit protective on a girl who might smell so good for bears! As for me, it was an ok sleep though I really wished we had a flatter ground - that was compensated though by the sound of running water - it literally hushes you to sleep.
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| Who doesn't love the sounds of running water... (sigh) |
We woke up to a beautiful Saturday morning in the woods. We started to build a fire again, and soon after the men started making pancakes and eggs and bacon for breakfast. We really enjoyed camping with our ward. Being with nature is a very calming experience (minus the warning about the bears) - we got the chance to unwind and not think about my thesis or about translating mormon.org into 70 languages. It was indeed an experience worth of trying to sleep outside.
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