Happy campers

We're just back from a super fun weekend camping. We hadn't been in years--couldn't even remember the last time. We went up to Warm Lake, about 2.5 hours away. This is our campsite--overlooking Warm Lake. Just the campsite was beautiful! Our kids loved it even more; Siena reported that camping was more fun than Disneyland :)

Here's the view from breakfast:


Callie came too, which was fun:
Saturday after breakfast we went up to an amazing hot springs. I wish the pictures did it justice. We drove about 30 minutes down a windy, narrow road, and then all of a sudden Westin pulled over to the side. Somehow he'd spotted the steep stairs built into the hillside--you take a short walk down the side of the hill and then there's a hot tub-sized hot springs pool. Right beside it is the rushing, icy cold Salmon River. I'd never seen anything like it. It was just gorgeous and we enjoyed soaking there for a while.

The view of the hot springs, looking down:







On Saturday we continued eating, relaxing, and finding more water...after lunch, we headed around Warm Lake to a sandy beach and swimming area. The kids swam and swam, only stopping to warm up after their teeth started chattering.

First here are the dozing adults on the shore:
Corbin, Siena, and Remy building sandcastles:

Koby warming up in the sun:
Sadie enjoying the water with Natalie and Westin:

Today we enjoyed a quiet morning at camp and a study after breakfast. We left to have lunch and cool down at the swimming spot again. And then, of course, the results today after another morning of playing and camping:

We returned home to 100+ temps in our fair city, and so the mountain respite was especially nice. I have to admit that the manmade pool felt good tonight, though :)