Soggy Camper

As a follow up to my prior post “Happy Camper”, we finally took our new tent out in the woods for its inaugural use. We went camping for Labor Day weekend in Big Cottonwood Canyon. The weather was scheduled to be rainy Sunday and Monday, but we braved it anyway.


The tent went up just like I remembered our smaller version. It looked great in all of its glory as the kids marveled at all of the room inside and Cynthia relished in the ability to stand up without any worries. She even said she was glad I had held out for the “best”.

I am a little rusty and while I chose the most level spot in the campsite I disregarded the general slope of the campsite and thus the likelihood of runoff to come the tent’s way. Something that would prove to be a real pain Sunday night.


We had a great time playing games, eating good food, playing along the stream, sitting in the hammock, and just relaxing. Dad's old camping hat got worn!



Nathan learned how to tie half hitches and a taut line hitch. Nathan wanted to put it in the refrigerator of Patty’s trailer, but that wasn’t going to work see the watermelon is half the size of the fridge. Instead we cooled the watermelon the old-fashioned way—by sticking it in the stream.



Then came the rain, the hail, the sleet, and finally snow and this became our refuge. Thanks Patty for supplying a real shelter for the storm.