Camping at Bulltrout Lake (June 27-29)

On Sunday June 27, we went to church at 9:00 and got out at 12. We thought we had most everything packed,


but camping (being what it is) takes a long time to prepare for.

We didn't leave the house until 5:15. I too just a little over 2 hours to get there. The boys slept part of the way, and Camrey... none of it.


We had hot dogs for dinner and roasted marshmallows. Getting Camrey to sleep was a little rough, but she finally crashed, and spent the whole first night snuggled in her sleeping bag.

We were camped right next to the lake. I was a beautiful area. Our first night there we had a deer come right through our camp sight.

We drove into Stanley the next morning because we left our worms at home. That gave Camrey a chance to get a nap. When we got back we had a early lunch, then tried our luck fishing. Nothing. But throwing rocks in the water is always good fun. Tory and the boys, got in the lake later that day, and Camrey had a bath.

I used her bath tub to wash my hair, I was not getting into that cold lake!



It was nice to escape the heat! We enjoyed 70-80 degree weather while everyone back in town endured temperatures reaching 100. The nights were cold getting down to mid 30's but we were prepared with warm sleeping bags, so it wasn't a problem.

We had hoped Camrey would be walking before we take her camping, but she wasn't.

I'll have to remember to pack more clothes for her. We let her crawl around the 2nd morning in her pj's so her cloths would be some what clean for the drive home.

She loved being outside in the dirt.



We had some very friendly chipmunks in our campground. Camrey got so excited watching them. It started out with just 1, but by the time we were ready to leave we had 4 coming in.

I suppose word got out that we had peanuts!

We didn't really do a lot while we were there, but it was relaxing and fun.
Our 2nd night brought a big rain storm, which got everything wet. But it didn't take too long the next morning for things to dry out once the sun came up.

After we got all packed up on Tuesday and ready to head home we decided to stop by dock and try our luck at fishing again!

The weather was cool and overcast. It was about 12:00.

Tyler threw rocks and Chase and I managed 2 fishing poles.

Camrey napped in the car!

Luck was on our side, and Chase caught a fish. We almost had another one but we lost it.

So on the way home Tory asked Chase, "What was your favorite part?"
He started naming off things like, "sleeping in the tent, catching a fish, chopping wood, building a fire,... (then he paused) Everything was my favorite part!"