Jeff and I have been dying to get out and go camping! This weekend was going to be one of our only chances to go this spring, so we jumped on it. Our goal, was to camp Friday night, hike to Tea Kettle Falls Saturday, camp Saturday night and then hang around the creek for a while on Sunday before heading home. Well, the rain kind of messed up those plans, but we still managed to have a good time. Friday night was pretty terrible, I will say. We got there late so we were late in setting up camp and late in getting dinner started. Since we were racing to beat the rain, Jeff put the finishing details on the camper set up while I started dinner. I got all the potatoes peeled & went to light my dad's little camp stove (we borrowed), but it wouldn't come on. We finally figured out it was broken! And this was our only means of food for the weekend, let me add. So we made a trip 30 miles into the closest town hoping we could buy a replacement for the part that was broken. NOPE!! Well, we asked them if they could call Springdale to see if they had the part. They made the call and told us that they DID have it there. YAY! So we drove another 30 miles back to Springdale, grabbed dinner (since it's 9:00 by this time), only we find out that they did NOT have the part we needed either! So it was literally like midnight before we got back to camp and in bed for the night. BOO! Then, of course it stormed on us most of the night, so we did not get much sleep. Saturday it rained almost all day, so we just kind of drove around and did a little exploring. Saturday evening we cooked dinner on our replacement stove that we stopped by our house & grabbed. I was so glad I brought a game with us b/c this was our entertainment Sat. evening while the flood gates were opened and the rain came pouring down! We did manage a small hike on Saturday during a tiny break in the rain - just trail blazing thru the woods around camp, but nothing like what we thought we'd do. I will say it was a beautiful area tho!
Here's a few pictures of our trip. We finally made it to Tea Kettle Falls on Sunday. Such an amazing place!!
Ali is ready to go hiking w/ her adventure bandana on!
She was a wet little dog all weekend
A plant had grown thru this dead oak leaf.
Home sweet home (so glad we were not in a tent!)
Jeff's snake
Little family
Tea Kettle Falls from below. This area is just so beautiful! I love seeing God's majesty in places like this. The hike there was just gorgeous.
The look from on top
Ali was tuckered out after our hike. I think it was like 2 miles there & back and she treated the trail like an obstacle course just running all over the place like a mad woman. It's extremely entertaining to watch her on the trail...jumping over trees, and diving under branches, looping around anything & everything. Hysterical! She really wears herself out!
Sunday on our way home. She did not hardly move for the next 24 hours! LOL!
A plant had grown thru this dead oak leaf.
Home sweet home (so glad we were not in a tent!)
Jeff's snake
Little family
Tea Kettle Falls from below. This area is just so beautiful! I love seeing God's majesty in places like this. The hike there was just gorgeous.
The look from on top
Ali was tuckered out after our hike. I think it was like 2 miles there & back and she treated the trail like an obstacle course just running all over the place like a mad woman. It's extremely entertaining to watch her on the trail...jumping over trees, and diving under branches, looping around anything & everything. Hysterical! She really wears herself out!
Sunday on our way home. She did not hardly move for the next 24 hours! LOL!
1 comment:
what beautiful scenery! i hate snakes, but jeff's looked kinda cute all cuddled up in his hands. i can't believe i just said that. yes, i do still hate snakes. :) love the worn out doggy pic.
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