City of Rocks, July 05, 2007

We the People Parade in Boise, Idaho.

On Thursday, July 05, we headed to Burley and camped at the City of Rocks with the Pillings. Our camping buddies. We had a lot of my family committed to either visiting us up at the City of Rocks or camping with us. As it turned out none of my family showed up but we still had a good time. Thank goodness we invited the Pillings or we would have been up there solo, not that their is anything wrong with that but the FAMILY campground would have been excessive.

If you are a climber, this would be a great place. There are many climbs for all levels of climbers to keep you content. Most of the people at this park are from out of the state.

Our over-sized camp ground from above. We reserved the largest campground available and as it turned out we didn't even have the minimum number of people required to reserve it because of the no-shows.

Ayden taking a stroll to the popular Elephant rock to watch the cool rock climbers.

There are even climbing spots for kids like Ayden.

...and Alex. I love that her face is in the sage brush.

Then there is the problem I always face when I climb. How to get down?

Ayden and her friend Nikki.
When we camp we marvel at how dirty our kids get. By the end of the night Ayden was unrecognizable because of the amount of dirt on her face.

Max, Nikki and Ayden. Just look at Nikki's fingers around Max's neck.

Ayden loved riding around on the 4-wheeler and constantly yelled out, "FASTER!!! FASTER!!!"

Ayden and Nikki sitting in the Rhino (supercharged golf cart). Jenni and Elizabeth actually drove this thing to the neighboring metropolis of Almo, Idaho. While they were in Almo they ran into my dad in his favorite restaurant (best steaks around apparently).

After his dinner, my dad came by the campground to pay us a visit. Ayden was exited and Alex warmed right up to him. The following day we stopped by my dads to let the girls see his horses. Ayden loved petting and feeding the horses and Alex was just interested in the dogs.

Alex being silly at dinner.

Good morning Ayden. She woke up pretty wide eyed and with crazy hair. The girls are such troopers and sleep really well while we camp. We were so proud of them for doing so well camping. We had so much fun that Ayden and I slept in the two man tent in the backyard when we got back from Burley. It was actually the only way I could make her okay with leaving Grandma Marsha's house (it was more planning than bribing).

Jenni and Elizabeth all smiles because their hubbies are such awesome men.