Camping Trip

Since we had a four day weekend this past week we decided to go to the Uinitas.  Joseph had a scout camp on Friday so we didn't leave until Saturday afternoon.  When we began our trek up the mountain it was raining heavily.  When we got to Mirror Lake it had slowed down quite a bit as we set up our tent trailer.  We had brought our pop-up as well, so we put it in front of the trailer so we could cook and be out of the rain.  We spent the first evening just enjoying the peace and quiet.  Since it was still wet we didn't want to make a fire, so we cooked smore's on the stove.  We spent alot of time just reading and relaxing.

 Mirror lake

We took a 10 mile hike while there. When we started off it was chilly but as the day went on, off came the hoodies and extra layers.  We hiked to Scutter lake, where we ate our snacks and relaxed for a little bit. Since it was clouding back up and thundering off in the distance we didn't stay too long. 

 We got back 15 minutes before it started downpouring.  The boys spent the afternoon playing games.
We took our canoe out on the lake on Monday.  We didn't come prepared to fish, so we just paddled around and enjoyed the beautiful scenery.  One of my favorite things to do is to canoe on a quiet serene mountain lake.

 Keith making Jiffy pop on the stove.  We have tried this many times through the years over the campfire and it just doesn't work well.  This time we had success.

 On our way home we stopped at Provo Falls. This is such a beautiful area. The pitcures just don't do justice to the falls. We really need an upgrade on our digital camera. Maybe for Christmas, especially now that we are doing this blog to keep up dated with our kids.

This was a very relaxing trip for us.  It was nice to get out of the heat as this has been a very hot summer.  We didn't do much to celebrate Pioneer day.   We decided in the afternoon we should at least have a cookout, so we made homemade rootbeer and dutch oven cobbler to go with our barbeque pork and corn on the cob.

Our recipe for dutch oven cobbler came from young women's camp several years ago.

First: melt 1 cube of butter in bottom of dutch oven.

Add: two large cans peaches

         one can sprite or 7-up

Sprinkle on top: one yellow cake mix

place lid on.  Set dutch oven on prepared coals, placing coals on top of lid  as well. Bake for 45 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with Ice Cream or Whipped Cream.