The Hansens: Camping Trips! Part 2

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Camping Trips! Part 2

Our 2nd camping trip was to Flaming Gorge! We LOVE Flaming Gorge and take a trip there with the Hughes' every other year. We started 4 years ago, so this was our 3rd trip! We usually stay in a house/hotel but this time we camped. We camped in a tent, Greg and Miriam camped in a tent, and my parents rented a motor home. It was really nice to use the motor home for certain things, and my parents were super helpful with meals, the kids, and the dishes! Camping with the grandparents makes camping easier, that's for sure! On Saturday, we rented a boat and drove around the lake. I got to hold and snuggle with Tanner most of the boat ride, which I loved. He was very snuggly and even fell asleep on the boat in my arms. I love holding and snuggling my babies. And I love when they fall asleep in my arms. It was a very enjoyable couple of hours. :) Andrew, Jenna, Ivy and I also jumped out to swim around at one point which was fun. The girls were a bit nervous but it was a good way to teach them the concept of a life jacket and show them how it helps them to float! After boating my mom, Jenna, Ivy, Tanner and I went to Sunny Cove, which is a little beach with pretty shallow water. I pulled the girls around in our inflatable raft and swam and played with them. It was so fun! My mom held Tanner on the shore and apparently took a lot of pictures of the girls and I playing while we weren't looking, but later during the trip her phone fell to the bottom of the lake! :( So her phone, and those pictures are lost. On Saunday, my parents and Greag and Miriam went rafting down the Green River. We Hansens went through Vernal up to the Dinosaur National Monument where we saw dinosaur bones, petroglyphs, a cool really old cabin, and some beautiful views! We planned on swimming and jumping off some small ledges that the girls were excited about, but it was so cold and windy, so we just came home. We had a great trip and are already looking forward to next time!

Jenna asleep on the boat in 2012