Grams, Grams Baby Juju's stuck up a tree....HURRY!!!

My idea of camping.....is hooking up to  50 amp service, running my AC  and MAYBE parking on a dirt road.  Thus when Keyhole State Park put in electric/water hookups we were right there saying save us a spot.  None of us had been to the new park so we went by the seat of our pants.  Not a bad job.  We had one spot in a circle where three+ could camp in a group setting.   After we got set up we thought maybe we should have turned around and let our door be toward the circle.  NOPE!!  We soon learned that we used the awning side during the morning and gradually moved everything around to the other side by afternoon.  The 6 of us went out a day early with Travis bringing the boat out Friday night. The first night was the night it rained and helped all the firefighters with the fires.  Lots of rain!  This is the second storm the kids' tent has been through and it is always dry.  They did a good job of researching it.   Since this was a boating camping trip I didn't take the camera on the boat.  They bought the boat last fall and haven't had it out that much.  

Notice the round head in the tree???

Travis is good about going slow with Whitney and one of the kids on the tubes but it was time for him to have some fun.  She bought him a tube and I told him I'd never been accused of going to wild and fast when driving a boat and I would be happy to drive for him (heh, heh, heh!)

But first before he got there the boys met me as I came out the bus dorr with, "Grams! Grams! Baby Juju's stuck in a tree!  Hurray!  Hurray!"  So out I bolted (Whit and Ken were grinning to themselves.  They'd chosen to let Juju learn a lesson and stay in the tree!)  I really didn't know who Juju was but didn't want the poor kid/dog/cat to suffer.  Riiigggghhhhhttt!  

Yes - I'll rescue Juju.  Juju is a bedraggled cabbage patch doll.  I learned my lesson.  :)  

It's been years so we went exploring that first day.  There are 3 playgrounds scattered throughout the park.  Each one is a little different.

This one has a mountain to climb in addition to swings, slides and a climbing wall.

Aedan wanted to swing and KaCe wanted to hold him.  It worked out to everyone's satisfaction.    

                                                                         

Higher Grandad, higher!!

Don't drop me Grams! 

Just hanging out in the bus.    He thinks he 's found a great new toy.

When you go camping with these boys you are up early.  Yup playing in the "closet" at 5:30 a.m.

Where's breakfast Grams???

Just waiting for Daddy to come.  Hmmm, that looks like spaghetti' O's.  Did you save me any???

Ken's pain level has been escalating the last couple of years so he didn't get to go on the boat.  he was quit content staying in camp cooking supper on the grill from time to time.   He's even been doing some of that negative thinking.  Not good!
Well I took Trav on a few rides.  The first day I was getting used to the boat; but the second day I let it rip.  Dumped him a couple of times.  However I did ruffle Ethan's feathers.  I wasn't going too fast but Dad and Eth biffed in the water.  Ethan is SURE he is DONE with the tubes.  I want to document this here so I can say,  "Read it and weep boy, that's what you said."
All in all it was a great camping trip - 50 amp service, AC, Movies on the tube during the rain - had it all!

"Down South" Statistics 2011-2012

I quit keeping score when we moved Sharon and Clay to LC.  The "outside" is sitting outside. Clay, Linda, Gail, & Roger kept the score here pretty high!  :)  Got my pen all primed for 12-13!
Today: Apr 30Day 229 at the Alley
Outside 196.5 (.5 credit Clay/Oct  Nov .5  Dec 1.5 Jan .5  Feb .5 All .5)   
Rain:2 (Nov) 4 (Oct) 3 (Dec) 1 (Feb) 1ish with sleet etc (Mar)
Sprinkle: 2 (Feb)
Wind: 4 (Apr) 6 (Mar) 2 (Feb) 1 (Jan) 3 (Dec) 4.5 (Nov)  6.5 (Oct)  Snow?? 4  (Mar) 1
breeze: 9   Hail? 1
Begin: Sept 16

Yes, I AM alive and well............kind of

I'm here.....in Wyoming and it is July 4th.  My last official post was when we moved Clay and Sharon to Las Cruces.  Life went downhill for them almost immediately and she was in a better place Sunday afternoon.  Her passing so quickly kind of took the sails out from under me.  I just couldn't seem to press "publish" on a couple of posts so there they sit.  BUT life is too darn short so just DO IT!!

You MIGHT get to see more than his nose when I get my act totally together.

So am doing a bunch of  tidbits and will press "Publish" on the past whenever.

NM, CO, WY & MT are burning up.  We have had such extreme hot weather (just after the cold!!) there is no help with the humidity factor.  Colorado Springs will certainly look different when we return.  Click here to see the pics of the Waldo Canyon Fire   So PROUD the Forest Service elite chose to do away with Pine Beetle control about 34 years ago.  There is a mass of bug kill in all of these states.  We are now reaping the chaos from THAT decision!  Yes, a little soap box moment. sigh!  However it DID put us out of business and we ended up in Gillette.  Gillette treated us very well and how the State of Wyoming and Beech Street PAY us to NOT work!!  Alllllrriiiiigggghhhht!  (In laymen's terms it's called retirement benefits.)

The smoke is so low this morning I can't see Box Elder road just below us. I turned the AC on very early so the house won't smell like smoke.  Osage and Newcastle Wyoming are waiting to see if their towns will burn.  This heavy smoke makes me afraid.  Weston County (Osage) Wyoming Fires  Fireworks on many parts of Wyoming have been canceled.  :)  They'll do them after the rain comes. If the rain comes............it'll come right???

We are leaving tomorrow for Keyhole Reservoir for a week's camping with Whit's family.  They have a great tent.  Travis will bring the boat. Grandad has the fishing hooks and bobbers to take the big boys fishing from the dock.  Grandad won't be boating but the rest of us will.  Then we're off to Custer for a week's mini EB reunion.  Zellers, Martins, Madsen's, Propst's and us.  Should be a good time.

And now we're off to the parade.  Happy Independence Day 2012!!