Flaming Gorge

Over Labor Day Weekend we took our annual trip to Flaming Gorge! It was rainy on and off a couple of days but that didnt stop us from having fun! The first night we didnt get to our campsite until about 9:45 p.m. We had to unload and set everything up in the dark. It wasnt too bad though. The worst part was when I started blowing up my mattress with our air pump and it died when it was half way through! So we thought that maybe it wasnt charged all the way so we took it to the bathroom along with all 3 mattresses and tried plugging it in to blow them up. It didnt work! So we spent the first night without our mattresses and the next morning we asked Tyson and Amanda to stop and buy us a new one that uses batteries! We had only bought the other one last year nubt apparently you are supposed to charge it like every so often when it is not being used. Who thinks of charging something like that in the middle of the winter? The next day Tyson, Amanda, and Kaylee came up. That day we went down to the lake and swam for awhile. I think it was that night that we went to the fire prevention show featuring Smokey The Bear! The next day we went fishing and to the caves. We saw a huge herd of Elk on the mountain on our way back. It was awesome! On Sunday we went sight seeing and the kids were able to try some more fishing at the Red Canyon Lodge. They have a small lake there were you can rent paddle boats and canoes for the day. You could also feed the fish, which were HUGE Rainbow trouts(I think). I think next year we are planning on spending the whole day there and renting the paddle boats. The next day we went swimming again after it had finally warmed up and then headed home! It was a super fun trip but wasnt nearly long enough! We missed our Grandparents who couldnt come this year because they were going on a cruise to Alaska. We hope they get to make it next year though!