Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Taking Camp Apart...

We all have our jobs when taking a site down....this a.m. we simply weren't sure what those jobs would be....we'd never taken this sort of camp site down before....

I took photos.

Jared & Arielle checked the site for trash.

Cy did various things and here he mans the wheel at the van.

MIKE did sewer...have you ever wondered where the sewer lines are STORED - the bumper - shew! I was about to gross out big time.

Jamin handled jacks.

Arielle watched Stacia.


Stacia plays with her brothers light saber - it makes a better microphone in her estimation.


Zander raises the trailer.


Nolan attaches the sway bar and reefs on some bar ::grin::

CACHING ~ PART2 ~

T-Poisoning Illustrated

It's not often that you get to catch t-poisoning on camera...but here you go. Mike was at the office and we were looking for this cache.

We found it....Can you spot it?

Find the "V" in the tree and look up the right branch. NOW - how were we going to get to it and how would we put it back up there????? *I* began to think this out. I've noted that there are quite a few "older" cachers in our area, and I doubted that anyone would place a cache in a spot where the only way to get it down was to CLIMB....since it was listed as a 2.5 in difficulty.

While I thought, the boys sprang into action.

First, Jared climbed on to Cy's shoulders....wasn't tall enough....

Then Cy climbed on Jamin's shoulders....grabbed the tree at the highest point he could reach...and climbed.....He grabbed the cache and realized it wasn't giving....


A ha!!! - A green rope runs from the Cache to a nearby tree...

Josiah holds the rope as he and Jamin prepare to replace the cache....
I'm convinced the girls and I would have thought this one through...but the boys were up that tree and down as quickly as we would have found the rope. We laughed long and hard when Cy found the rope and the boys realized the cache was on a pulley system. Great fun. We were going to have Mike go back and see how he would initially respond....but we couldn't keep from telling him the story. We'll never know for sure....

CACHING

Nolan uncovers a find!
Our 50th find... This was themed cache - zoo animals....unfortunatley, we had no animals in our caching bag, but we'll go back again and leave some and take some...the younger set loved playing with all the animals.



Wednesday...

I came home early this a.m. to put in a produce order. Ran back to the lake and Mike had breakfast ready. It's been VERY windy and we all decided to pack up and come home.

We're home from the lake. Mike had to run to base to register for a week-long trip he is taking in April. I'm still not sure if I'm going. He'd like me too...but I need to figure out if I CAN leave the children for that long. ::snort::

The children and I unpacked, ran some laundry and re-packed.
Here are some photos...and I'll upload more as I have time.

Setting up Camp for the first time with the trailer:

Stacia knows how to set up a camp....
Mike wrestles with the water line while Cy hams it up with the sewer line...
After being assured the tanks were empty, I uncapped the sewer...this gave me QUITE a moment of ALARM...

I felt better when Mike had the same trouble...