Camping 2009

My dad planned a wonderful trip to the High Sierras with the boys for 5 days this month (July). I wanted to go so bad but couldn't take all the time off work, so I went for 2 days in the middle of the trip along with Kel. Dad had everything planned, drove up there with Ethan, Brenden and Ethan's friend Owen, only to be stopped when almost there because of a fire int he area. The campground he was so excited about was closed!! So he drove on up for half an hour and found another area to camp near TOm's Place and Rock Creek Lake north of Bishop, CA. It was absolutely beautiful! The boys had the times of their lives, let me tell you. They were dirty and fishing most of the time and that was alright by them! There was a really cool stream where we fished most the time catching trout with salmon eggs. The firs nihg, we had a fish and potato fry. It was SO delicious. The boys and us are used to fish fries (we have all grown up with them thanks to my dad) but Owen was RAVING about the fish and how great it was! It was really cute to hear. That ight we also had a campfire (well they did every night but one night my sis and I were able to enjoy it), roasted marshmallows and sang songs. We sang The Ants Go Marching song where we went in a circle each coming up with a different ending. We sang the song about Bonnie lying over the ocean, taking turns coming up with strange ways she ould have died for each verse. We sang King of the Road and The Battle of New Orleans of course (both songs that my dad taught my sis and I when we were little tiny girls) and the kids loved it!! The second day we were there, we also visited the lake. Ethan caught at least 2 fish upon our arrival and the rest of us (Dad, Kel, Myself, Brenden and Owen) sat there for at least 2 hours without so much as a strike! So we headed back to our territory...the stream, and cuaght some more before lunch. Then Kel and I had to head out! Dad told me that they restocked the stream and lake on Thursday night! He said that Ethan was up at daylight on Friday morning getting his stuff together to go down to the stream all by himself! Awesome! When Kellie and I left, my Dad got teary eyed. It was the cutest thing. He was just so happy to have his daughters and his grandsons together on an amazing camping trip that he had been waiting years for!