Other People's Cameras, the Pack Trip Edition

I told you that the men and several of the grands spent 10 days in the wilderness recently. This is a trip that started for my family 43 years ago, and has been repeated in some fashion most years since. Here's a look at the experience from the perspective of 3 of my son's cameras.

This year, they ran into something unusual. Last fall a microburst came through and knocked hundreds of trees over, including lots of them into the trail. The travel into their preferred camp usually takes one day, and it took 2 because they had to clear so much timber.

It was Roger and Isaac's first year going and they had lots of new experiences, including riding horses. Isaac was skeptical at first, but soon he was really enjoying it.

There are always chores that need to be done to set up camp. There's a latrine, and my brother-in-law did a little home dec project.

Of course, the main focus of the trip is to spend as much time as possible fishing.

Some of it was catch and release, and some of it was dinner.

The grandkids learn how to cast and reel pretty quickly.

Isaac was great at that, but wasn't too keen on the touching-the-fish aspect of the whole deal.

There's just a little bit of a pained expression in some of these pictures. Here he is with Grandpa.

And with his dad during a lunch break.

If the kids got tired of fishing, there were always a few other things to keep them occupied. Caroline found a hiding place under the roots of these trees.

There are various cousins and other extended family to talk to.

There are the beauties of nature to appreciate.

And even the possibility of a little beach time.

And failing all that, you can always try to catch and release a chipmunk.

Comments

[SD Boy]

Such a fun trip!

[Eye guy]

Wish we could live up there

[Elisa Allan]

Nice sunset pic! And the chipmunk is great! Glad he stayed up there.

[AP Man]

Actually, Hon', the chipmunk has been secretly living in the basement. We've been smuggling it some cracklin oat bran for the last few weeks. I didn't have the heart to tell you in person that we acquired a new pet...

[Mom]

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