Pine Valley Camp Out

Last weekend we were able to go camping in Pine Valley and I highly recommend it! It was still pretty chilly but nothing a good campfire couldn't cure. We camped right by a stream and the girls got a kick out of chucking pine cones in and watching how far they floated. We went on a short walk Friday night and then Saturday we hiked up pine valley mountain (Whipple trail) a short ways...(the girls couldn't walk through the snow very easily but got a kick out of throwing chunks at Brent). It was also really fun because we talked Grandma Rice into coming and she introduced the girls to "wee meg barneyleg" (a traditional rice family story). It distracted Cami great from her smashed, black and blue thumb... :) Anyway, it was a good spontaneous time and good memories were made.

A word to the wise-this map DOES NOT really reflect what the trail is like...

The girls surprised by the snow and trying to figure out where it came from when it's been in the 90s all week.....
Grandma taking a break with the girls after hiking through the snow.

The family looking very much like we have been camping....

Cami having fun despite her thumb incident

Good hiker girls-although mommy did get stuck with the hiking stick Cami BEGGED to take along...

Taryn in hundreds of pine cone boats...hence the name pine valley....

Cami bolting for more boats...

Grandma teaching the kids how to cross the river on the rocks and amazingly no one fell in (not that I expected grandma to but the girls had some close calls)....