Friday evening we drove up to Cottonwood Canyon and setup camp. It's a nice place that's not too hot, not too cold, no mosquitoes, in the trees with mountains all around, with a raging river on the side. We had foil "hobo" dinners with chips on the side. The kids dinner's just had hot dogs, but mine had the works. I also made desert for everyone at camp in my dutch. I used my favorite Peach Cobbler recipe using the tapioca variation for a smooth creamy texture and taste. Instead of ice cream, I brought up whipped cream since that would keep better without requiring dry ice. We also brought up some ginormous marshmallows. They were a hit! They are also not very healthy; almost 100 calories in each, but as Jesse Clayson pointed out they have zero fat.
The kids thoroughly enjoyed making dams on the edges of the dangerous raging creek. They also enjoyed being pyros around the campfire and throwing everything and anything into it. They also waved large sticks around and climbed rocks. At dusk, I pulled out the glow sticks and we had a fireside. Benjamin & his best bud had a great time together!
In the morning, we had a yummy breakfast and broke camp. We took a hike up Cottonwood Canyon with a lot of the other kids where a lot of time was spent throwing rocks into the creek. MO also learned to rock climb. Afterwards we headed up to Whitney Portal and played alongside the waterfall, watched people fish in the pond, and climbed around more rocks!
We all had a great time! Some key words that would highlight the outing are: boys, rocks, sticks, fire, water, and food!
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