This weekend was all about Paige. This was her trip. The boys get to go on the Middle Fork every year with Darren and she feels more than a little upset by this. I can relate. I remember hiding in my dad's car when he took my brothers to a Fathers and Sons campout.
In the end she decided to invite the rest of us along. She is quite the social creature, afterall.
We kayaked, carrying all our gear, to the south end of Redfish Lake and spent the night. I have a hard time picturing a more breathtaking view than when you round the corner (it's a big lake) and see Mt. Heyburn and the Grand Mogul stretching heavenward.
We fished, hiked, and hiked, and hiked Darren style: Trail? Never heard of it. And, as usually happens when you take the road less travelled, had a great adventure.
Look who we found along the way. All her idea Clayton, nothing to do with me.
Kayaks aren't very spacious, so we had to go minimalist. We decided this would be a great time to use up the food from our 72 hr. kit. It needed replacing anyway. So off we went with dehydrated spaghetti, an MRE, lots of granola, oatmeal and trail mix.
As pictured above, MRE brownies are a special treat to my kids. Sick, but whatever.
Now that our emergency food supply was mostly gone, we are going to have to refill it. Everyone thought this was a good tradition to start to make sure we rotated it. I asked what they thought I should replace it with for next year.
Justin's immediate response: Steak and Lobster.
Smart kid, that one.
We let the chickens out for one last day of freedom. Yes, they are going the way of the freezer today.
She's only smiling because she won't have to feed them any more. I'm actually going to miss the SOS call of "Chicken Help! Chicken Help!" when they surround her or try to get out. 
A boy and his turkey. The turkey gets to stay around a little longer. Maybe because he can fetch, who said turkeys were dumb?
This one is going for a walk. Just kidding, it didn't work out.
Justin came in 10th with a time of 10:43. That is totally sick if I compare it to my mile pace time, not including the hill climb!
We fished, hiked, and hiked, and hiked Darren style: Trail? Never heard of it. And, as usually happens when you take the road less travelled, had a great adventure.
Look who we found along the way. All her idea Clayton, nothing to do with me.
Kayaks aren't very spacious, so we had to go minimalist. We decided this would be a great time to use up the food from our 72 hr. kit. It needed replacing anyway. So off we went with dehydrated spaghetti, an MRE, lots of granola, oatmeal and trail mix.
