Corn Maze

Last weekend we went to the corn maze. It was lots of fun. We got through it pretty fast and only got lost twice. The wind was blowing, but it was still a nice day. At one point there is a bridge and you can either go over it or go the other way. Josh just knew we should go the other way because the bridge was to obvious. So I ran up the steps to get a picture and then we headed in the opposite direction. Ten minutes later we were back to the same point and decided we should go over the bridge.Yay, we made it! We rewarded ourselves with a big bag of kettle corn.

Dinosaur Museum

See & Do #68

See Fossils at the Field House

Today we decided to go visit the dinosaur museum in Vernal. We went a few years ago for our anniversary. It was pretty new then so this time they had a few more displays set up.

They have a real nice walking area outside and since we last went in February we weren't able to do it. It was pretty neat.

More Fishing Pictures

Since I was busy catching all the fish last weekend I didn't get a lot of pictures, but Barbara did. I finally got her to bring her memory card over so I could download her picutres. Which was actually a big task, her camera got wet last week and we didn't know if we could get the pictures. The sad news is the camera won't turn on anymore, but the good news is the picutres are all still there! To view the pictures from my camera, click HERE.

Aunt Savannah and Preston caught the first fish!

Fishing buddies for life.

Another fish!

Grandpa and Preston caught a fish.

Look, a crabbit!

Let's catch another one!

I would cast out and then hold the pole while Preston "rolled" them in. Every time he saw the little fish hook he would think we had a fish.

Camping in Granddaddy Basin

See & Do #5

Take a Hike

*Warning, a person should be in MUCH BETTER SHAPE before strapping a 50+ pound pack on their back and hiking 16 miles in 2 days!

*Puppies seem to have an endless supply of energy, never tire, and think you are not moving fast enough.

See & Do #99

Visit the Granddaddies

We stopped at Besty Lake for lunch.

We choose to camp at Palisade Lake since Granddaddy lake was so busy.

It was gorgeous.

Josh spent several years working for the Forest Service. He would spend a week in the mountains and then come home for a few days and brag about how beautiful it was. After 8 years of marriage he finally took me up to one of those places.

It was an adventurous trip to say the least. We were in no way prepared for the hike. I was out of breath ten minutes into the hike (it took us 8 hours to reach camp). About 20 minutes into the hike I asked Josh to leave me to rest (die). He hiked to the top of the mountain, dropped his pack and came back for me. I'm not kidding when I brag that I have the most wonderful husband ever! After Josh had took off to get to the top, I had to stop and retie my shoes. A family passed me, and apparently they always stayed within hearing distance to make sure I was okay. When Josh passed them on his way back to get my pack the family mentioned I wasn't too much farther. They asked if I was okay and Josh told them this was my first time backpacking. The wife said he was mean. But since he took my pack up the rest of the mountain, I have to disagree.

Unfortanetly, the top of the mountain wasn't anywhere near camp, it was just the hardest part. I had to strap my pack back on and we continued on. We stopped for lunch at Besty lake and had a nice rest.

We got to camp that night about 4:00. We did some fishing and ate dinner. Sage was such a good dog. She could just go and go and never seem to get tired. But when we finally set up camp, she crashed. She woke up to help me eat dinner and then went back to sleep. Before bed we shortened her chain so she wouldn't scratch on the tent.

At about 1:00 in the morning I needed a bathroom break. I went to the same rock I had used earlier. About halfway through, I had a startled jump because Sage licked me. It didn't register that she shouldn't have reached me...

At about 5:00 Josh took a potty break (without any licking incidents). Sage beat him to the tent. That is when he realized her chain had broke. So she slept with us for a few hours. She was in heaven! I'm pretty sure that when she gets to Heaven she will declare this weekend was the best time of her life.

We had planned to stay longer, but the bugs were bad and the neighboring camps were crowded, large, and rowdy. So we started to a different lake, closer toward the truck, but when we got there we decided our temperpedic mattress sounded heavenly so we continued on out. I may have cried from the pain a few times. We had fun, but we will not be going back until we are in better shape.

Here's a slideshow of the pictures we took. Sorry they aren't in very good order. We took all three cameras and I'm too lazy to rearrage them how I like.

Fishing

#31 See & Do

Go Fishing

Today we went fishing with Josh's family at Big Sandwash Reservoir.

WE HAD A BLAST!!!

The whole point of the trip was to help Preston catch his first fish...and guess who helped him.

I helped him catch three fish (because I'm the best, or just have good luck), and he caught another fish with his daddy and with his grandpa.

Josh wanted to catch more crawdads (which Preston calls crabbits, so now we all call them crabbits...). Unfortunately the water has gone down, way down. As in like maybe 10 feet. We thought we would have to worry about Preston in the water, but instead we had to worry about keeping him off the edge of the cliffs. But Josh was determined to catch some "crabbits" so each time one was on the line he would climb down this boulder to get them. He spent most of his time doing that. The rest of the his time he spent untangling hooks and lines. He will be such an awesome father some day.

See & Do Details

A few of my faithful followers have asked about the "See & Do" that Josh and I are participating in. It is sponsored by our local newspaper. They have gone through the three counties and made a list of 101 Things to See & Do in our area. The rules are that you see & do as many things as possible on the list. To prove you did them you have to either have a receipt or a picture, both with dates. The contest goes from June 16th to September 30th. It includes a wide variety of things. Some our schedules events, like town celebrations. Others are more complicated like climb King's Peak. Then they have simple things, like enjoying a snow cone, sunset, and fireworks.

When we first got our booklet, I thought it would be a great thing to do because we would be able to get more pictures of us and use them in our adoption profile. The prizes sound awesome, but I really don't know if we will win. The book was supposed to come out around June 1st, but they have publication problems and had to push it back which meant push the start date back also. When we got the book a few of the celebrations were that weekend, and we couldn't fit them into our schedule. Then I got sick, and we missed out on a few more things.

After we missed yet another thing this weekend (we were exhausted from our yard sale) and due to the fact that some of the activities are about 2 hours from home, we have decided we won't do this to win, but we are going to continue on with the list and accomplish as much as we can. We have had so much fun so far. Pelican Lake has been our favorite so far.

To the nice person who complimented my shirts, THANK YOU! I love clothes shopping, and my favorite place is The Dress Barn. I would make the store my closet if I could.

Snowcones

#101 See & Do

Taste the rainbow The last thing on the See & Do list is to eat a snow cone. We usually do this several times a summer so it was an easy thing to knock off the list. When we asked the girl to take our picture she said that several people have had her to that, so a lot of people must be trying to do the list this summer.