So we decided to go camping Thursday and Friday because we always just go for 1 day and we really wanted to go for 2. We wanted to check out this place outside of Logan Canyon called Gibson Lakes which is actually across the Idaho border. We get to the turn off and it's a 4 wheel drive trail and there was even one part where we had to drive through water. The kids were LOVING it. They were all hanging out their windows squealing. Hailey had her flashlight and she was using it as a microphone saying, "And now we are driving up the trail....and let's see what's next oh my!" ..."And now here's the Mom. She is in love with a CRAZY man!" lol Oh boy it was funny. They thought their Dad was pretty crazy for going on this trail! So we find a beautiful spot, set up our 2 tents, canopy shade and it started raining. We played some games in the kids tent.
It rained ALL night. Not like a little sprinkle, like heavy down pouring ALL night. Kevin and I didn't sleep a minute just thinking about how on earth the trail home was going to look like after all this rain! So the kids got up and all climbed into our big tent to wait for the rain to stop. They were starving and after realizing it probably wasn't going to stop, Kevin and I ran out in the rain and cooked pancakes, eggs and bacon and kept it all warm in the dutch oven until it was all done then we ran into the tent and we all ate breakfast in the comfort of our tent.
It was actually really fun. :)
I read the kids 5 or 6 children's books from my tablet and told Kevin, "Okay we are going to run out of things to do really fast in this rain" and just about then the rain stopped so we all came out to get some air! We had just enough time to build a fire and go for a short walk.
Jay is so afraid of fires, even when we do them in our fire pit in our backyard. He had his face covered the entire time and then he actually fell asleep and when I moved him to the tent he woke up and still wouldn't look out thinking the fire was still there. SO funny.
We had to make the decision of staying another night and hoping the rain was done, or using the break from the rain to pack up all our gear. We decided to pack up. I sent the kids on a little nature hunt of things to find while we packed up.
We got everything packed up and I made some sandwiches for the drive home and literally not even a minute after we were done it started raining again. Guess we made the right decision!
Hailey got in the car and said, "A. We get the hell out of here! B. Turn up the heat and C. Lets get home!!!" (I laughed pretty hard first and then told her that heck is a better word to use lol)
So we were just praying the roads weren't too washed out or muddy to get home and lucky for us they weren't.
It was an adventure for sure! We made it home and the kids still got to camp out one more night since we had to set it all up to dry out in our backyard....even got to do some smores too.