A Maiden Camping Voyage

Mommy and Daddy decided to try us out on an over nighter in the back country! Last night we headed up on the Kolob Mountain/Mesa/much higher elevation thingy than St. George, and we camped at Lava Point which is in Zion National Park's back country, up near where you start infamous canyons such as The Subway, and Kolob, and Boundary.
It was so much fun. We played in the dirt, ate hot dogs, went for a hike, got all cozy in the tent. Oh and we ate marshmallows. It was a great time.





Mommy's Note:
It must be confessed that we drove out of the campsite at 10 pm due to the fact that neither girl was falling asleep in the tent. They weren't crying and Siena kept insisting that she did NOT want to go home, she wanted to sleep in the tent, but Mommy couldn't stand 8 hours of fidgeting Cara. So we'll blame it on me. I pulled the plug, but really both Daddy and I agree that we call the trip a complete success. The girlies loved it and neither one was screaming and disrupting the other campers' experiences.

Oh and Daddy and I made up a list of favorite Sienese phrases:
"Let's Ride!" (this would be from her new favorite movie, known to her as Ants but in the real world "A Bug's Life".)
"I'm making a hot. And I cook one for Mommy" (She was pretending to make a fire off on our little hike..very big in to pretending lately.)
"Don't follow me! Stay right here." (She wanted to go back and get more marshmallows but insisted on doing it herself with no grown up help. Too bad Cara insisted on following her in typical fashion which is with a parent in tow holding on to one specific finger while she walks and controls the direction of forward motion.)

P.S. We had a fantastic time reading stories in the tent. We were reading a family favorite, Sandra Boynton's book "Blue Hat Green Hat", and Cara and Siena kept giggling at every oops and then we were all laughing. It was a great moment.