A couple of weekends ago the family went camping at the end of one of the fingers of Causey Reservoir in Weber Canyon. Great fun! We loaded the canoes (oh yeah, we were sitting low in the water!) and paddled in for an hour to our spot.
We saw two rattlesnakes the first day. Kristi, spencer and I saw the first one; about a five footer. We watched it as it slithered off the trail and into the brush. Liz saw the other one while she was alone in camp. Kristi, spencer, Josh and I were out on the reservoir. When we got back to camp she told us the story - walking along a trail, yellow and black colored snake, heard the rattle, jumped a mile. Kristi and I found her "snake" the next day...see it biting her foot?
Spencer spent the night outside in his sleeping bag by the fire. The first night it didn't work so well. A while after the pouring rain began, he jumped into the teeny tiny tent with Josh and Liz. Cozy. We looked like a hillbilly camp in the morning as we dried everything out.
Spencer had a nice night by the fire the next night. Waking up and getting out of the warm bag is tough.
The fishing was decent. Josh was the chef. Spencer ate his fish, Kristi ate hers, and Josh ate the rest.
