Camping with the Diehl's and Wilkinson's 7/09/10

Camping at Indian Henry Campground was so beautiful. It was totally not like the lame newer campgrounds, with gravel on the ground where you set up your tent and only sparse trees around. It was lush and green and right off of the Clackamas River.

When we got there, the boys did most of the setting up of camp and afterwards they were either sweaty (Wes) or just warm. So Reed mentioned something about taking a dip in the river to cool off.

Of course the girls totally "encouraged" the boys to all do it. Which took little convincing on Matt Diehl's part. As soon as he heard of the plan, his eyes lite up like an eager puppy. :)

Here they are, showing of their manliness before the cold dip.



Their faces make me laugh...not sure why... :)


Did I mention Matt seemed pretty eager to jump in? I was just trying to take a picture of Wes with our dog. It was pretty dark out and I took the picture and BAM! Out of no where, Matt's in the shot...stripping down.



Here are some more pictures of the boys cooling off. I still can't believe they did it. That water looked really cold.








Around the campfire...

Matt and Rachel.


Chantel, Reed and Norah. It needs to be noted that their baby is the best baby camper ever. I don't think she cried one time the whole night until she had to go to bed. Amazing!


We had Smore's with Strawberries. And oh WOW, were they good!


No one's a hundred percent sure how it happened but Matt managed not only to burn his marshmallow but his graham cracker as well. :)



The next day we went for a hike called the Riverside trail #723, a 4.1 mile hike one way. It was so pretty the whole way! We are definitely planning on coming back to the area sometime next summer so we can raft the river around there.


So I took a really long time to take this picture, hoping to get a cool group picture. I'm not sure Wes would agree it was worth it.


Here we are at one point during the hike. Try not to stare at the huge belly. :)


Matt and Rachel, as usual being rather cute.


This log they are standing on is actually across a pretty deep gulf with a very small river below. They are definitely daring!


Of course I over estimated my ability and I was getting pretty tired towards the end of the trail going one way. Thankfully the boys ran back to the truck and picked us up at the other end.

It was definitely fun to go camping with everyone but next time we'll have to bring rafts and spend an extra day or so there.