Camping at Trinity Lake (Day 1)

Tuesday 8/10/2010

Dad up at six

In the car (again) at 7:00 AM

Cruised down to weaverville for cell signal

Dad had phone call for an hour

Kids watched Everybody Hates Chris

Kids had hot chocolate

G and C watch Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Got some ice

Cruised up to Trinity Lake 

40 mi.

Dad made lunch

Good Sandwiches

G didn’t like them

Went walking along the river

Everything was very dusty

Found a bucket

Cricket lost one flip flop

J lost his retainer 

- Uh Oh!

Marked the spot where it was lost with a crossed stick and a pile of white rocks

Spent next 3 hrs. looking into the river for the retainer

Made a chant:

Tick tock 

               flip flop

Hip hop 

               rock to rock

Things found, some things lost

               Dot dot dot

Walked to the lake 

Saw an intertube

Walked to the other fork of the river

C and G went back to camp to go Poop

J and Dad stayed on the river

Daddy and J split up

J and Daddy went back to find G and C

Found them coming out of the woods as J and Daddy went on the road

Went back to river to take one more look for retainer 

Started walking up the river

   Made a bunch of jokes about 'fish with retainers...' 

 

Decided 2:00 hours later to go back to camp

 Had to make our own way, there was no paths here

Found a break in the folige

Went through to find:

OUR CAMPGROUND!!!

Dad made: 

Steak

Corn

    Salad

    fruit with cremefresh

                and had a bottle of 2005 cabernet

J made a couple of arrowheads  :) 

Went out to big outdoor theater - Saw Morgan Fawcett

Native American Indian flute player 

             has a lot of flutes 

             short-term memory loss because of FASD

Started One Heart Creations to help people with FASD

He travels around the USA to play his flute and collect donation for OHC

Made a big campfire

Made lots o’ s’mores

Went to bed