Our family and the Johnson's took a ice chest full of drinks and lunch items and headed for the woods! We went up (not too far from our house) to a place called Little Hell's Canyon.
We found a great spot with lots of dead trees, a huge pond, (made from all the rain water), and all kinds of cool sights!
As you can tell, the kids were great helpers! They entertained themselves pretty dang good! First, by climbing trees, next, pickin' the Juniper berries... (Cazbie thought these were great eatin'), next, the pond... first it was skipping rocks, then it was takin' off the shoes and wading in the water, next thing we know, we turn around to see all the kids (still fully dressed) up to their necks!! They had a great time!! Except when it came time to dry off... no towels, no extra clothes... just the SUNSHINE that was coming in and out of the clouds!!
I got a little video of one of the trees fallin' that John was cuttin on...
Got some pics of the quad pulling the trailer behind it loaded full of firewood... see... we parked on one side of the pond, found the most shallow part, waded through, got to the other side where the good trees were... Loaded the trailer full of wood then 2 people would drive it over to the otherside again where the trucks were parked, and stacked it all up!
This was so cool... one of the neat "sights" I was talking about above...
It was a tree that Uncle David had found and began to cut down... as it fell over, he found that the roots of the tree had attached itself to this huge rock! It was all wrapped up in tree roots... pretty cool!!
Lots of fun... lots of work... good eating... and GREAT COMPANY!!
This is my little man...crashed after all his hard work!
And yes... that's ALL dirt!!
I know you all think we are a bunch of "hicks" but hey... you can sell a truckload for $180... so why not spend a 1/4 the day cuttin and hangin out with the fam!
The kids loved it anyway!
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