Camping!!

Okay, so my family really enjoys camping. It is like a mini vacation to just get out of town and spend quality time together. The peace and quite, animals, streams, afternoon rain mists, and beautiful green just cannot be beat. And it doesn't cost much to go! (always a great perk in the Miller household!) The camping trip we went on last week was planned for almost 2 months because we were so excited it was camping season again! There was so much stuff going on in those short 2 1/2 days from squirrels, wild turkeys, cows, to warm camp fires and a 6 mile bike ride.

So the picture you see here actually has quite the story to it. Starting on the car ride up to the site, for some reason I wanted a 'perfect' picture of a squirrel/chipmunk. (don't ask me the difference) By the end of the second day I thought it was going to be impossible because every time I came across one they got startled and ran way to quickly. Well then I spotted one on the other side of the camp grounds from our fire pit. I started zooming in and taking (pretty blurry) pictures while quietly sneaking up on it. By the time I got the last snap in I realized it had been about a 5 minute process and I was only about 10 feet from the animal. Mission accomplished!!

On the second day we also adventured out on our mountainous bike ride yet as a family. We took the forest 'road' (a dirt path) up toward the entrance of the National Forest from Resimandero camp site. What I thought was going to be a leisurely ride turned into 6 miles that I felt for days! I truly enjoyed it though. More the downhill as opposed to the uphill, but loved it none the same. We were able to find some amazing views that reminded me of how awesome and huge our God is. He makes such beautiful vast land, but still knows the number of hairs on our head. Absolutely breathless I was! On our way up a certain area we actually scared up 2 wild turkeys. We had no idea what they were until they were almost gone, but we were all still able to see the beautiful birds.

Nothing to dramatic happened besides our daily visits from the cows. And that's how I like my trips, uneventful. We have too many that went array. Though they made for great memories, I think this one goes in the vault for awesome family time, and you can't get any better than that! Next time we plan a camping trip, don't be afraid to jump in, the more the merrier! Oh, and don't forget to check our all the other pictures I posted on facebook, like the one of the flowers my son's picked specially for me!!