My Man at our tent site =)
The boys, being goofy.
I think Ryan has a screw loose and Josh is trying to help him with a HUGE nail he found on the ground.
We used our trailer a lot this trip. The boys even used it as a table sometimes
Ryan had fun playing with a stick he got from their last camp out. He had "improved" it with duck tape and had quite the weapon!
Ryan got to sleep with a Scout buddy instead of family. They took care of their own tent and camp site, as you can see they set it up like an Army base with rocks nicely outlining their camp site.
The girls took pictures of each other.
Luckily it was a family camp out so Amber had other girls to play with, and they did play, like crazy =) We all had fun =)
Amber being a goof while everyone was getting ready to eat. The white trailer was the kitchen area. We ate well too =) Our big meal was Saturday night and they cooked brisket, pork, chicken, shrimp, stuffed peppers, corn, sausage it was incredible! Breakfast burritos were good too with sausage, eggs and cheese on a flour tortilla =)
The big event for this campout was that the boys got to go rappelling =) This was all done at Robbers Cave which was also very cool. We spent most of the time telling the kids that our great great relative was Archibald Clement who was with the James Gang (Robbers Cave is the hideout for Jesse James and his gang). I kept reminding them that they are also related (on my side) to Zachary Taylor (12th President of the United States). They seemed to think both were pretty cool. Not sure how Zachary would feel being compared to an outlaw in the James gang (hee hee)
Truck full of boys leaving the camp site going to Robbers Cave to go rappelling.
Mike got to rappelling too but I did not get any pictures =( The rocks he rappelled off of were a lot higher than what the boys used. It was after 1:30pm and the girls (Amber and her friend) were very hungry, hot and tired so we left.It was late because on our way up the mountain we got a little sidetracked. A 20 year old boy fell quite a few feet off some big rocks (20 ft) and landed on his back. We were second on the scene and Mike ran down to call 911 and lead the EMT's back up to where he was. There were 2 EMT's and one was a young girl and the other a large guy who was not climbing up the mountain. After Mike brought her up he went back down to meet the fire truck and lead them up. There was only one young guy on duty at the fire station nearest so Mike led him up. Poor guy was in big heavy fire pants and all (did I happen to mention yet that it was 95+ degrees).
Mike helped carry him down on the backboard, then came back up and caught up with us. After three trips up and down the mountain, in 95+ degree heat, at a pretty quick speed, I thought we might be calling the paramedics again . . . but nope, Mike even went rappelling later (with no lunch even).
The EMT is the blond in front, the two guys in the front were with the guy who fell and the guy in the very back was another guy like Mike who just happened to be right there. He was the first response and practically caught the guy. He got him water right away and stayed with him while Mike did all the climbing up and back. It made for an exciting day, and we are hoping that he guy is okay. He was young and seemed okay, but we sure heard him fall and I'm sure he was in a bit of shock.
Overall it was a good day and a great camp out =) I got food for the girls and when Mike and the boys got back I helped make them sandwiches too.
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