This last holiday weekend took advantage of the 3 day weekend and
turned it into a 4 ½ day weekend by taking a ½ day on Thursday and heading up
North to the Mogollon Rim. I picked up
Rohan and the dogs and scouted for a perfect spot. The woods are pretty full of people on
holiday weekends, but I eventually found a spot that was somewhat isolated from
drunken hillbillies. Mara had to work
Thurs/Fri so it was just Rohan, the dogs, and I that first night. It was really fun to explore the woods and
trails with Rohan, and he had a blast with the freedom he had! We hiked a bit, explored the forest a bit,
set up camp, and cooked, all to his amazement/interest.
Friday we set up guides for friends to find us. Mara rode up with another one of our friends,
Ryan, and Shannon came up that night as well.
Shannon made a GREAT dinner with steak, potaotes, asparagus, and who
knows what else; all cooked on the coals of the fire. It was perfect!
Saturday we headed back to East Clear Creek and did some kayaking and
Deep Water Soloing/climbing again…we LOVE that area! We met Jason & Jaymie there, who came up
from PHX that morning. It rained on us
as usual, but we didn’t care, and Rohan even fell asleep in Mara’s boat…it was
adorable…:) That night Angelika,
Michael, Patrick, (another) Ryan, and Heson came and joined us for a total of
11 people! It was a great night of
campfire, hanging out, and eating MORE great food! Unfortunately Mara had to work on Sunday so
she had to head back that night, but it was great she could get out of PHX for
24hrs!
Sunday the kayakers took to Blue Ridge Reservoir while others headed to
Horton Springs on a solid hike down and up the rim. The wind on Sunday night was pretty wicked,
so it cut down the time we spent around the fire, but we still found some
things to do. Rohan always kept us
entertained with is antics, and we use a tomahawk from Angelika’s stash to do
some throwing contests and even do some deforesting (of dead trees of course…).
One exciting thing that happened on Thursday while we were looking for
a spot is that I got the truck back to a fairly “tight” spot where I basically
needed to do a 12+ point turn to get out.
Everything was fine until about turn 9 when I slowly backed into a tree
that was in my blind spot and obscured by one of the 3 kayaks I had in the
back. It slowly pushed one of the kayaks
through our back window (on the driver’s side).
Luckily Rohan was not covered in glass or anything, but he was a little
shaken. He calmed down quickly and when
we did finally get to our site (which had plenty of trees) he said he was going
to take his Captain America shield and chop down all the trees so I wouldn’t
back into them…what a thoughtful boy…:)
We had an absolute AWESOME weekend with great friends, great food,
great views, and awesome weather to storm watch! We got some rain, but it never dampens our
mood, it’s all part of the experience!
Hope everyone had a fun/safe weekend!
Shelf Jump:
Rohan & Jaymie Summiting The Tailgate:
Ryan Going Caveman On A Tree:
1 comment:
Holy crap Mike! Are you saying the window was shattered or the kyak just thumped in to it really hard? It's awesome you took Roh and the dogs camping. It sounds like the whole family could move up to the mountains!
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