Backpacking to Thomas Lake Thunder and Lighting camp

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We left the house on Thursday afternoon, and hiked in to camp. Wesley had a fit because we had to wake him up to hike in. Everything was beautiful, the food awesome, and the company could not have been better. Porter was our camp fisherman. He caught the only fish this weekend. Dyers, Lacher’s, and the Baldwin’s arrived on Friday at about 6:30 pm.

They got their tents set up, dinner cooked, and we just started to sit around the camp fire to enjoy the cake I baked, and tell stories, talk, etc. The campfires are the best. Rick and I looked at our barometer watches, and then the sky……………pressure was falling, sky was darkening, lightening striking, thunder roaring, and then the rain started. Rick, Doug and Casey had just put up their tents, and now we had to tear everything down and get out to safety. We packed like mad, and hiked like the wind. We were all soaked to the bone.

Lightening was flashing and cracking right over our heads, and all around us. The forest lit up like it was day light. The Thunder clapping so load it hurt our ears, and scared little Wesley as I ran with him in my arms to the truck.

We arrived home safe and sound at 11:30 pm on Friday. I would not have stayed home and missed this adventure for anything, however it would have been glorious to stay another night with my family and friends.

Street of Dreams

 

 

Aug. is time to tour the mansions and all the new designs and conveniences they have.   Even the colors on the walls gave us ideas for updating our “mansions”. 

This poster in the “theater room” we thought Logan would like.    A lot of the homes used these slider doors for a rustic barn look.   That sounds like an oxy moron (barn/mansion) 

We couldn’t resist this corner shoe holder.  “neat and tidy”

The waterfalls were so pretty, and the homes were around 6,000 sq. feet.  5 and 6 bathrooms.   

For a brief moment Callie was caught up in the elegance of it all.   The girls all said together . . . we need a slide in the pool.   Looks fun. NO

We always have a great time and then go to a nice dinner.   We stopped a Olive Garden.   This was a really nice year.  

The yard, and Garden is in it’s peak

 

 

 

This years addition to the yard. The Meriwether’s garden dining area.

First picking of beans………………………………..

Camp Helaman, Girls Camp, and our new dining area in the yard

 

I went to camp Helaman on Thursday night to be with the Priests from our ward. Camp Helaman is a mission preparation camp. It is run just like the mission field. ZL, DL, etc. I think it was worth while.

On Friday at 1:30 pm, Mom and I drove to Lacey WA. to attend the last night of girls camp. Our girls are great. We had a testimony meeting after the skits. These young women have really special testimonies.

I started a new project in the yard Thursday. It was completed on Saturday morning. I built an area to eat in out of pavers. We redid the landscaping, put in table and chairs, and………….there you have it…..Done. The inspiration came from Meriwether's restaurant in Portland. so the spot in the yard will be forever known as Meriwether’s. This was a fun little project.