Fort Spokane Campout

Camping season is here!! Yeah!! This past weekend we headed up to Fort Spokane on Lake Roosevelt for our first campout of the year. Our friends, the Hinkeys, invited us to help celebrate their anniversary, so of course we had to say yes! We had an absolute blast, we didn't want to come home! Thanks guys for all the fun and your generosity. We love ya!

How many guys does it take to start a fire??? j/k They were showing A how to start it with his flint!

This is Gene's suggestion!

Fire!

The gentle giant, Cujo

Messing around with Seinka

I swear he's laughing!

The Grill Sergeant

Boys! For those of you who've followed my blog, the dog in this pix is the one who was a little puppy in one of our camping trips last year! They actually got Rocky when we were on the coast last year

Seink getting some loves from Malizza

Cooking up some breakfast (uh... well, brunch)

Camping buddies, they were actually born on the same day and same year!

Off on our hike

Up the mountain THEY will go!

Some of the local fauna

Now he's got it!

Marshmellows!

Got wood?

What is it with men and fire????

'Smores!

Uh, I swear I don't know where he gets his attitude from!

Nice

Off to gather some more pine cones to set their mom's butts on fire! Don't ask! ;-)

Visit to Clarkston

Today we drove down to Clarkston, WA and thank goodness the weather was beautiful there, not cold & rainy like Spokane! We'll be going there in June for one of Trav's niece's graduation and we'll be bringing the boat. We wanted to check out the local launches and also get a better feel for the town so we wouldn't be getting lost next time! Of course, we wanted to visit a little with Trav's sister, Nadine, her other half, Ron, and Danielle while we were there too. Luckily it worked out that we could spend some time with all of them (although we missed ya Houston!). While hanging out with Nadine & Ron, we were able to check out his latest derby truck, which was pretty cool. Austin even got to sit inside. All in all, it was a quick trip, but very fun and we thank you guys for spending the time with us. We love ya and look forward to June!

Newman Lake

Man, life is tough!