Mirror Lake Camping Trip

At the beginning of the week we left for the Uintahs for a camping trip, just the 4 of us. It was a fun trip, although a lot of work for being cut in half by weather. It's pretty common at 10,000 ft. to get stormy weather, so we shouldn't have been surprised, but we were still disappointed to come home without even getting to make our fire-grilled-cheeses the second night. Our tent leaked a bit so it wasn't really a possibility to stay on in the storm. There were a lot of "firsts" for the boys so that was way fun. Sorry it's so picture heavy, but my camera was left in the rain for several hours and the sun for several before that so I'm just so grateful to still have the pictures that it was hard to choose! (blaming pregnant brain)

This was our campsite- dirt by the road in the sun- all the other 63 or whatever were better, but not too much. Oh well!

As soon as we set up camp, E made a "rock collection"
Checking out our surroundings
Our view of bald mountain from the lake shore
E's "weapon" made by uncle B had to be hauled up- we fixed it with more tape and he used it to protect us from wild animals.
This is the reason there are so many pictures of E and not M- he was in the tent listening to his books.
E cooking his first hot dog over a fire- he has always wanted to do this, especially since he hates smores.
The classic Jiffy Pop for the 3 boys
World's fattest marshmallow- the boys begged to buy these and they made funny smores!
We played about 50,000 card games waiting for dark- most were in the tent after we were getting eaten alive.
Hiking around the lake- the boys did well on their first sort of "real" hike- it was 1.5 miles and they didn't complain once!
One of the 7 animals we saw on the hike- fish!
And the biggest on the list- a deer just feet away munching on grass.
Shining beautiful lake behind my cute boys
Educational spot on the trail about fallen logs
M did a pretty good job taking a picture- I got one to prove I was there!

After this picture was taken I left my camera on my camp chair in camp. We drove to Provo River Falls and looked, then down to Kamas for a picnic lunch and swimming at their rec. center for a few hours, followed by shakes. It was as we were heading back to camp that it started to rain and by the time we got there everything was soaked. The kids sat in the car while we hurriedly packed up our muddy mess and we drove all the way home- complete with getting lost in Heber City. It was quite a day! Another trip to Boise for the family reunion next week and then M starts school- it's been a quick summer in a lot of ways!