Flaming Gorge

After a trip to Cabelas for cots to sleep on and a few new cargo carriers for our car to haul our camping gear, we were ready to pack up and go camping. I love spur of the moment trips. Throw your stuff together, pick a destination, and hope for the best. We decided on Flaming Gorge since we haven't been for a while. There is water, great camping sites, and (our favorite) cliffs to jump off. Nothing to lose, memories to gain. Time to get our camp on.

Windmills in Wyoming on our way to Flaming Gorge

The campsite at Cedar Springs. It wasn't our favorite (Mustang Ridge) but it was a close second. The only thing missing was showers.

Cedar Spring Marina
We walked there from the campsite the first day and on the way we saw rabbits, lizards, chipmunks and birds. Tre was calling the chipmunks "chickmunks" and Jer told him there was a "p" in the word. Tre said, "chickpunks?" Ha, ha :)

This is Sunny Cove. The place to be! Drive to the cove, carry your stuff to the rocks and set up camp for the day. You have swimming, cliff jumping, animal watching and sun. What more do you need?


Jer and Tre chillin' under the shade tent with a plethora of snacks. Yum! We didn't go hungry, that's for sure :)

The water is cold, but not too cold for my little fishies. Tre and Belle had a blast jumping and swimming in The Gorge. I had a blast too.

CLIFF JUMPING!!

Belle

Jeremy

Leisa

Tre

Tre and I at the top of the cliff jumping area

Tre was so brave this trip! He jumped off the cliff that was about 20-25 feet high. I was a little nervous at first to do that one. Jeremy was jumping from the higher one that was about 30 feet. After jumping the "smaller" one 15 or 20 times, Tre decided to step it up and go off the biggest cliff. I didn't think he would do it. I am so proud!
Belle thought about going off the 20-25 footer, but in the end she decided not to. She had her own little cliffs to jump off and had a ball doing those. Maybe next year she will brave the bigger cliffs.
Jer and I had fun showing off our back flipping skills as well as jumping off the bigger cliffs. Seriously, I love this place!

Our Flaming Gorge trip is not complete without a trip to the Dam. We toured it the last day and drove down to the river to see it from the bottom. Fun stuff! Tre thought it was so funny to say, "Dam!" over and over. He must be an 11 year old boy.

This was the trip of wildlife. We saw deer, pronghorns, moose, antelope, rabbits, lizards, marmots, chipmunks, bats, and all kinds of birds including this Golden Eagle.

Playing card games as a family back at our campsite



Roasting S'mores

Reading to relax after a day at the lake

Breakfast of champions. Mini cereal boxes are a must for our little campers. Good thing it wasn't too cold this trip, so we didn't have to build a fire in the morning and make a hot breakfast.

A picture of Belle's hair-do that lasted all 3 days of camping, swimming and playing.

Belle burned her lips with a marshmallow that was on fire. She tried to blow it out quickly and ended up accidentally touching it to her face. She tried to be brave and tell us (through tears) that it didn't hurt and she was fine, but as a mother, I knew better. We got her some ice and she kept it on all night. Her lips blistered up but I was glad it wasn't worse. Poor girl.


The troops all snug in their beds for the night. These cots really were the best. I slept great. Except for Tre and his sleep talking. But that was just entertaining. It gave us all a laugh the next morning when we told him what he said. One night he started yelling, "MOM! MOM!". "What?" I asked him expecting something to be really wrong. "I'm AWESOME!" he says. And promptly lays down to sleep some more. It happened the night after he jumped of the 30 foot cliff. Guess he was pretty proud of himself. I was too :)

Good Night