Monday, August 11, 2008

Finding Fin Scamper

So after a lot of internet searching, Micah and Joel left early Friday morning to find Laura's birthday present, a pop-up camper! They had plans to look at a few campers and hopefully would come across one that would be the perfect addition to our family adventures of camping. Late Friday night they arrived home pulling "Fin" behind them. They shared with us the story of finding Fin and how Fin received its name after being posted as a "fin tent camper" rather than a "fine tent camper".
Saturday morning we began the task of cleaning and preparing Fin for all of our outdoor adventures. Our goal was to get everything cleaned, put back together and head out by 3 o'clock. We ran into a few minor problems along the way and finally pulled out of town around 6:30pm. We headed up to Vedauwoo to set up camp and enjoy a tasty meal. All of the hard work payed off; Fin was quite comfy and we had a nice time. The next day we were even able to get in a quick hike to the main formation to go rock climbing.

Supplying Fin with all of the necessary items. Thank goodness for garage sales!
Laura scrubbing away, working hard to make Fin nice and clean.
Joel giving a "thumbs up" for Fin.
Popping Fin up for our first night out!
Our campsite at Vedauwoo.
The "Welcome wine with cheese and fruit platter".
Micah leading the climb at Vedauwoo.
Laura climbing!

1 comment:

Eva said...

That looks like it was a lot of fun! How I miss camping. We have absolutely NO camping supplies.