We had a great time at Christmas Meadows last week. Grandpa, Henry, Emma and I went up on Monday and spent two great days together--mostly setting up the camp and lazing around. We had campsites 8 and 9 that look out over the meadow. Henry and Grandpa went fishing. Henry caught one, Grandpa four. So we had fish for breakfast.
Bill, Annika, Doni, Caitlin, Jason, Erik, Sarah, Gwen, Meri, Will and Henry's girlfriend Mimi Hamblin came on Wednesday. George, Karen and Andrew Tate arrived on Thursday. We had a great campfire with guitar, banjo and harmonica accompanying a singing session. Gwen's violin solo garnered applause from the other campsites. Nate and Kia came Friday afternoon and brought Kia's dog Lacey. It's been a long time since we had a dog in camp. Dickens always loved to come up there and chase squirrels.
We had a real tent village with 20 people. It was so dry this year that the marshy area down below the campground was a dry meadow. It was a great place for games and tomahawk competitions. Will brought his bow and arrows and set up a target. The river was low, but still a fun place to go to wade and throw rocks in the water. I understand there was even a little bit of skinny dipping one day. Of course there was the traditional morning walk to the bridge and huge breakfasts of bacon, eggs, pancakes, fruit, etc. etc. etc. Sarah, Doni and I took turns providing the evening meal, but it took group effort to get it cooked and served.
Bill and Andrew hiked up to Amethyst Lake one day.
We missed having the rest of you with us. There are a lot of sweet memories floating of past family camping trips.
We hear Chase is home. Chelsea, can you send us some photos? Or forward your blog. We are so glad he got home safely.
We miss hearing from more of the family on the Grandpa Garold Herald. We were hoping this would be a way to learn the news about one another. We know most of you communicate on Facebook, but some of us are not in that loop. It would be nice if each of you checked in at least once a month.
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