July 8 - July 13
Monday, I was able to finally finish my dad's quilt. Just in time too before my dad showed up with Dani and Boomer. They went up that day. I decided to work on crafts in the mean time.
Tuesday afternoon, Nate and I headed out to Flaming Gorge. It was about a 1/2 hour out from Vernal. We spent most of the time setting up camp and talking with my family. With Nate's class, he wasn't able to spend the night. So I slept by myself on an air mattress that evidently had a hole in it--I was on the ground come morning.
On Wednesday, I spent the day with my family going to the Dinosaur Museum and we went to The Quarry for lunch.
Wall of fossils!
Nate showed up later that night.
Thursday morning, Mike, Jess and Chloe showed up. Chloe loved reading her book and sitting in her chair.
She quickly became fascinated with Max and had fun getting in his face. LOL I don't know if he was as thrilled as she was.
Mike had fun with the grill and the lighter fluid. We were having shish-kabobs for dinner.
As night fell, it soon became a full on down pour. Nate had to work today and had class afterwards, but was able to come back up after that. I didn't have my jacket, but luckily, my brother was nice enough to lend me his.
I know this shot is blurry, but it is still pretty cool.
In the morning, Nate and I made breakfast. Eggs, hashbrowns, and bacon. Delish!
Mike and Dani played some football one on one. Chloe looks ADORABLE in her rain jacket and sunglasses.
It rained on and off most of the morning and afternoon. We had reservations to go rafting down the green river, but with the rain, we weren't sure we could go. On our way to the dam, it was raining like crazy. Once we got down to the river, it let up pretty well and the sun came out to play.
My life jacket, fit everywhere except for my belly.
Once we got into the raft, this little tyke had a blast sitting up front. She would just kick and giggle; she was ecstatic. It was fun to watch. At one point, we tried to move her and turn her around. She wouldn't have it. Haha. Everyone took turns rafting while Jess and I just sat and talked the whole time.
There were a few rough parts, but otherwise it was generally smooth.
We rafted for about 3 hrs before coming to our stopping point. When we got back to our campsite, Dani started the fire in the pit (she's a pyro) and we made our tinfoil dinners. They were delicious!
My camper-man! Lookin' a little bored as we waited for the tinfoil dinners to cook.
The sunset was gorgeous!
We brought up IBC cream sodas. Mike's was predominant drunken by Chloe. She wouldn't leave it alone. Hah we start 'em young. ;)
Mike and Jess put Chloe to bed. While we were waiting for them to come back, my dad had an idea to tease Jess with her fear of bears visiting our site. We had Boomer pretend to be a bear and wait outside their tent for her to come out. Nate gave Boomer some ideas of what he could do. Unfortunately, impatience set in and he went for it--the plan failed, but it was a good shot.
It wasn't long before we all went to bed.
The following morning, the sky was partially clear and you could see the sun rise from the mountainous horizon. Nate had to work, so we got up early, packed up our stuff and he headed out. I stayed with my family to help pack things up and spend time with them. The good weather quickly turned terrible with consistent downpour. Dani was a work horse in how she helped clean up the site. It was interesting to watch. I mistakenly put my jacket in our car with Nate and didn't have one. Being pregnant, I didn't want to catch a cold so I didn't stay in the rain for too long. I felt useless and I HATED it. Eventually everything was all packed up and ready to go. We caught a late breakfast/early lunch at the diner nearby before heading back to town. Mike and Jess went to the Dinosaur Museum and the rest of my family stopped by my apartment before heading home to the Salt Lake valley. It was a great camping trip in the Uintas. I'm sure glad we were able to go.
Catch ya later!
