We decided to go camping somewhere close so we could just get away. We decided to go to Fort Buenaventura in Ogden. We left on Wednesday night and came home on Saturday. On Thursday, Scott and the girls hung out at camp and went and saw the fort, the cabins, teepee's and went on several bike rides and walks. (I went to CORE Academy in Harrisville so I can keep my teaching license current.) Scott and the girls saw some baby raccoons and one had fallen and was stuck in some mesh around the bottom of a tree. The girls became really good friends with the camp host and he brought them over ice cream treats this afternoon! Mallory, Hayley and Brittney thought he was great (and so did we--they were so nice!). When I returned from my class, we went on a short bike ride before we had to head home for a few hours for a YSA Activity (a BBQ and Ultimate Frisbee). We made it back to Fort Buenaventura right before they locked the gates for the night!
Scott had to work on Friday, so he jumped on his bike and rode 1 1/2 miles up the road to work! The girls and I ran a few errands and then we went exploring some more. We visited the camp host again and gave him a little thank you for the ice cream on Thursday. When Scott got off work, we ate and then we went on a canoe ride all together which was a lot of fun. We saw carp in the water and we chased the geese around. We also went on a bike ride and threw rocks in the Weber River.
Scott worked again on Saturday morning and rode his bike to work again. The girls painted pictures, played, explored and rode their bikes. When Scott got back at lunchtime, we went on a longer bike ride on the path that goes all the way over to Riverdale. We stopped under the train tracks and threw more rocks in the river (the girls LOVE this). Every time we went on a bike ride, Mallory and Hayley both wanted to be in the lead. Hayley was trying to stay up with Mallory and she almost bit the dust going down this hill--there were two long skid marks and she barely recovered--we slowed down a bit after that! She would have needed some major doctoring up if she had crashed.
We had a great time! It was nice to get away but be close to home so we could go and do the things we needed to do! We're glad we found this nice little oasis so close to home (Scott nor I had never been here before)!
Brittney and her "new" bike with training wheels--Brittney LOVES her bike!!
Row, Row, Row your boat (the girls were singing this all around the lake/pond)
All set to go exploring with our binnoculars, bug catchers and nets!!! We chased a lot of butterflies, saw millions of box elder bugs and a few dragonflies!!
2 comments:
Looks like you guys had a lot of fun :) I was contemplating on going to the core academy this year, I even looked into it and the only spots left were for Kindergarten. I almost signed up for it :) Next year we will have to go together.
Looks like fun! We're glad but we're totally missing our friends this summer~ We'll be glad to hang out again soon.
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