Tuesday, May 27, 2008

So this past weekend, we went camping at Kolob Reservoir in Zion National Park. It was frickin' freezing!!! When we pulled up, it was 29 degrees outside and snowing! I was like, "well this is pretty...ok, lets go!" I was not so happy about the fact that it was snowing, but it turned out to be a fun weekend! We met Caroline and Travis (our Vegas friends) up there, and drove up with my brother James, his wife Christy, and their son Austin.

So we got out of the car, and started setting up camp. The sun finally started shining through, and I had hope for a good weekend. The weather continued to be good (meaning it wasn't snowing) until we went to sleep. I wanted to sleep in the car, but Tyler insisted that we sleep in the tent, as to take in the full camping experience. 20 minutes into my attempt at sleeping, I hear some wrestling with our trash outside -- I called to the others to confirm we were all hearing the same thing, and also to make sure it wasn't one of them peeing in the night air! The next thing I hear is Travis unzip his tent -- he runs out clapping his hand and yelling, "get out of here." Apparently, it was a skunk! Then we hear him fire a round off -- followed by some more rounds! He had scared off the little black and white stinker for good, or so we thought! Next thing we notice is that our air mattress is deflating, and pretty soon Tyler was touching ground. We hear something scampering around our tent -- neither of us had slept a wink at this point. Tyler suggested we sleep in the car, and I was like, "yep, sounds good to me!" Mind you, the whole time we were in the tent it was snowing! We woke up Saturday to a white May...what the heck is that about?!! It was pretty cold that morning, so we headed to Walmart in St. George to buy some warmer equipment. Anyway, long story short...we were cold this weekend, but we created some great memories, and we had fun!

4 comments:

jaime said...

nicole!!! you have a blog! i found you though natalie's blog...

anyways. i'm excited to be able to keep up on your cute family better since we apparently can't seem to stay in touch with you all very well!
i blame jason.

Lindsay G said...

Hey Hammond fam! I saw your link on Brook's page and had to come say hi! We need to get together soon cuz it's been far too long!

Meridy said...

Hi guys!! I'm so glad I found your blog. I'm adding you to my list ;)

I would have wanted to sleep in the car too! That sounded freezing!!!!!

Ryan and LeDawn said...

Gotta love the weather here!!!