BenandChara: Epic camping trip 2009

A little late in putting these up. so many good pictures from the trip.

We are home now from our epic camping trip of 2009. We went back up to Lake of the Woods OR and camped out there for about a week with all of our friends. Some came up from San Diego with us, some from OR and some from WA drove down. We had an amazing time hanging out with friends and enjoying some great weather and beautiful scenery.

Here I am hanging out in a new hammock i bought. Carson and Madison were helping me test it out.

Wrestling in the hammock did some fun things with static electricity.

Beautiful sunset on the lake our first day there. We had great weather and no rain.

Scotty and Manessa looking out over the lake.

Joe and Sophie Helen by the lake

All the little kids caught frogs

Chara with Carson

Joe rented a pontoon boat and we toured around the lake

Chara and Riley looking so cute

everyone on the boat having fun

All the kids had a great time

Stacey had to do a bit of work so she had her phone out a lot.

the kids loving the water. Actually it wasn't horribly cold.

see! not too cold. we all went swimming

we even bathed in the lake as there were no showers, much to Charas shegrin and desparate attempts to find one.

Stacey jumping in.

Stacey and Madison

the gang looking good

and the whole swimming gang

Then came the pie eating contest. Staceys aunt Sherie brought us up some amazing food and a couple of pies

the kids dug right in

even Riley

Then it was the boys turn...

we showed the kids how to do it

yummmmm

Joe was to not be outdone

i think James won though...

Staceys mom attacked Stacey with a piece of pie

Chara was not happy about the bug situation. There were no mosquitos thank goodness, but the gnats were not pleasant around dinner time. Here she is keeping them out of her cup