Weekend at Mammoth

This last Memorial Day weekend we went to the Cabin at Mammoth Creek. We had a load of fun fishing out back. I even convinced Tiffany to take the family up to the lost lake for a picnic. She was not a big fan of the drive up, but once we got there everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. On Saturday we drove over to Duck Creek and visited the Hodson family. They are a family in our Ward who happen to have a HUGE and AMAZING place in Duck Creek. Tiffany got bit by the cabin bug about as bad as ever. Tuesday night she was all over the web looking for a place in Duck Creek.

Oh, and I broke a window at the Cabin trying to kill a bee with an empty Gatorade bottle (and no, I did not throw the bottle). We got a piece of glass to replace the pane I broke, and installed it by relying on some of the abilities I gained while running a painting company in law school.

We did not leave until after 5:00 p.m. Monday evening, and got home around 9:00 p.m. Vegas time. It was a wonderful extended weekend.

Camping in Pine Valley

Our family spent the second half of this week in Pine Valley. We camped in the South Juniper camp site. It was a pretty good set up. We rolled in Wednesday night and got set up at about 10:00 p.m. Thursday we got up and spent the day relaxing. I took my oldest fishing at the resevouir. The fishing was so so there, but down below the resevouir where it emptied in to the creek the fishing was AMAZING. There were two small pools at the base of the outlet that were both very hot. I would cast into one pool and get a strike, then cast into the next pool and get a strike. We were stricktly catch and release per Tiffany's orders.

Thursday night my oldest was attacked by mosquitos all night. She got over 40 bites!

Friday I ran 6.75 miles, which was no small feat given the altitude and the mountain roads I had to climb. Our family drove into a small town for supplies. We showered in a make shift structure of a tarp with some rope tied around three trees. Tiff set up a solar shower that got hot when left in the sun all day.

Friday evening a storm hit that dumped rain on us. Turns out our tent is pretty water tight so things were ok, but Tiff and I missed out on an evening in front of the fire that we were hoping for.

Saturday I did another 6.5 miles. We packed up and trucked back to Vegas.