Kaibab Camping

After the first full week of school, I needed a break! Kent wanted to escape the heat, so we headed off with the WHOLE family to the Kaibab.
Grandpa and Grandma McKnight, Marcie and Bob , Bentley and Chloe , Cambria and McKenna, Megan, Rick, Hannah, Seth, MaKaty, and baby Cru, Kent, Lee Ann, and Nicole.

2 big four wheelers, 2 kid size four wheelers, 1 rambler and 2 motorcycles = lots of fun!!

Kent in front of Nicole's and I's "bedroom".

Kent preferred to sleep in the truck bed under the stars.
Of course, Kent brought a thermometer. It was 110 when we left St. George Friday afternoon. It was 50 degrees overnight- how refreshing!
Kent taking a nap in the hammock.
A sandwich in the pines is better than any deli!
Camp Kitchen.
Nicole checking her pics by the fire.
The boys built nearly every fire- pyros in training. But... Katy may be a bit too close for comfort.
Nicole, NOT doing the limbo!
We cooked a delicious roast and veggies by burying it in a hole with coals for several hours while we played. YUMMMMMMM
We rode the fourwheeler up a logging road where they have already removed most of the dead pines damaged by the fire several years ago. The aspen trees are bent over and kind of eerie. But, the aspens are overtaking the area that once was thick with pines.

Coming back from the Dry Park Fire Tower, we had quite the blow out!
Luckily, we had three guys with us to fix it quick
LeeAnn, Seth, McKenna and Cambria by an old cabin at the Fire Tower and weather station.
Nicole is the red dot by the weather station, taken from the top of the fire tower
My Muscle Man!
The man that works in the fire tower has created his own gym with the logs. He has attached handles to these.
Nicole, might be tiny but tough. I could only lift them with my right arm- my left arm has been broken too many times- very weak!
Kent counted 151 steps to the top. 125 feet.
Cambria at the top.
McKenna and Cambria
Nicole and Hannah
Seth, Grandpa and Cambria
Grandpa decided to let his hat float down from the tower. It did float for a bit, then took off for the trees. It is still stuck about 80-100 feet up in a tree. Bentley wanted to climb the tower with a handful of rocks and get Grandpa's hat. He only made it to the first stair landing and decided, it was too scary!