The Hurst Family: Bear Canyon Campout

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Bear Canyon Campout

We had another great camping trip this past week-end. Thursday we headed to Bear Canyon on the back side of the Nebo Loop. It was absolutely beautiful. One big plus is we had the whole campground pretty much to ourselves.

We went for a drive up the Loop on Friday. As you can see we had some spectacular views.

The girls took some really fun pictures in the flowers. I just had to collage them. Aren't they beautiful? The flowers are too.

The boys made a damn in the creek and had a really cold bathtub to play in.

Shhhhhhh! Don't tell we let the kids ride in the back of the truck as we went for our ride.

And of course, WE ATE TOO MUCH!

Thanks for a fun campout Crimans and Daniels. We love hanging out with you. Especially in the mountains.

6 comments:

Valorie said...: Glad you had such a fun time. Great pictures. It does look beautiful; July 26, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Larkin Legacy said...: Love reading your blog. Check ours out that I started for our family. How do you do the photo collages, RaeAnn? I'd love to know. Keep having fun! Auntie; July 27, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Horsley News said...: I love the pictures.
MOM; July 28, 2009 at 7:39 AM
The Daniel Family said...: We had lots of fun too!! Love the CDH!!!!!!!!!; July 28, 2009 at 12:02 PM
Amberly said...: when it says that "the girls" took beautiful pictures, it was actually me. :); July 30, 2009 at 7:22 AM
Lydia said...: You've been a camping fool this summer. It looks like a lot of fun.; July 30, 2009 at 12:30 PM

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Bear Canyon Campout

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