4th of July

"The Crew"

This past weekend we celebrated the 4th of July camping with some of our bestest friends up in Sterling. The trip was originally planned for Memorial Day weekend but because of the bad weather it got postponed to 4th of July weekend. We all met up Friday Morning at the Flying J and then hit the road together. It was Jen, Ken, Dalacie, Mandy, Silver, David, Alina, Kelli, Richard, DJ, Leona, Ryan, Blake, Brooklyn and myself! We arrived sometime in the afternoon...the weather when we got there was hot and nice, it looked like it was going to rain, but luckily enough the storm passed us up...and we set up camp and then headed over to the lake to enjoy some boating! After boating we headed to town for dinner at Pizza Hut...I know Pizza hut on a camping trip...but it was really the best pizza any of us had ever had!!! After Pizza we went back to camp and roasted marsh mellows...for smores, (I've never seen anyone eat so many smores before but Silver sure can pack em down!) Saturday we woke up pretty early ate yummy breakfast burritos that Mandy and Silver made and then headed back down to the lake for more boating... Ryan and I put the Jet ski in the water and right after Ryan dropped me in the water....the Jet ski died...I was stuck...but luckily for me, Jen was just putting the boat in the water so I hooked on to her and she pulled me until Ken got back with the truck...Ken put me back on the trailer, and then him and Ryan looked at the Jet ski...turned out we needed new spark plugs, so Ryan and I ran to town to get them, when we got back it was time for lunch, so we had sandwiches and then put the jet ski back in the water to see how it would run after changing the spark plugs...the Jet ski worked like new...glad it was a cheap fix!!! The clouds moved back in after lunch, bringing with it some rain and wind so we decided to hang out at camp...Jen & Ken made delicious Steak Kabobs and potatoes, while we showered and changed. After dinner we headed to town to watch the firework show at the local Walmart...it was a pretty good show for a small town! After the show we stopped at Walmart to get breakfast for the morning...we had heard Sunday was going to be the best weather for the weekend. We came back to camp after the firework display and ate more smores...then headed off to bed. Sunday we woke up, and the lake was beautiful...not a ripple in sight..we all headed to the water for one last spin on the lake! We had a great time camping...Blake absolutely loved it...didn't want to go home, and Brooklyn well lets just say she's like her mama...she'll learn to like it over time!!!