MY UNCLE TOM HAD BEEN WORKING UP AT A FOREST SERVICE CAMP IN LANDMARK DURING THE SUMMER AND SINCE IT WAS LABOR DAY WEEKEND WE ALL FIGURED THAT IT WOULD BE A GREAT SPOT FOR A WEEKEND CAMPING TRIP. SO TESS AND I LOADED THE TRUCK AND HEADED OUT OF TOWN. MY PARENTS WHERE GOING TO COME ALSO BUT WOULD BE LEAVING THE NEXT DAY. SO IT WAS TEAM COUSIN AND THE FUR KIDS AND THE OPEN ROAD.
AS WE GOT CLOSER TO MY AUNT AND UNCLE'S HOUSE JACKSON NEW WE WHERE CLOSE TO HOME SO DOWN WENT THE WINDOW AND OUT POPPED JACKSON
THE LITTLE DEAR DEVIL EVEN STANDS ON THE VERY EDGE OF THE WINDOW TO GET A BETTER LOOK AND SMELL
ONCE WE LOADED AUNT CHERI'S STUFF IN THE TRUCK IT WAS OFF THE LANDMARK
WITH ME DRIVING, TESS HOLDING THE KIDS AND CHERI IN THE BACK WITH ALL OF OUR STUFF... WE WERE PACK TO THE BRIM. EVEN THE PROPANE WAS CRAMMED IN ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF TESS
WE HAD SNACKS THAT JACKSON HELPED HIMSELF TO...BUT THEY WHERE NOT TO HIS LIKINGS AND HE SPIT THEM BACK OUT IN THE BAG...WHICH LATER WAS EATEN BY CHERI
ONCE ON THE WARM LAKE HIGHWAY WE STOPPED FOR TWO DOES TO CROSS
THERE WAS RUMOR THAT A BEAR HAD BEEN HANGING OUT AT THE DUMP. BUT ALL WE SAW WHERE PAW PRINTS
ALMOST THERE
JUST ON THE LAST HILL INTO LANDMARK THAT SKY HAD BIG LUMPY CLOUDS IN THE DISTANCE.
THE NEXT MORNING HOT COCOA AND FRENCH TOAST WAS MADE AND QUICKLY EATEN
BREAKFAST WITH THE GORDON'S IS NEVER DULL
WE EVEN HAD SOME MORNING VISITORS
AFTER BREAKFAST DAISY TOOK SADIE FOR A WALK
THEN SADIE CHASED DAISY FOR TUGGING ON HER
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON WE STARTED EXPLORING THE CAMP
THIS IS THE CABIN THE BIG BOSSES STAY IN
THE CABINS ARE LIGHTLY FURNISHED AND NEED SOME FIXING UP, BUT PRETTY COOL TO EXPLORE
TOM WAS PROUND OF SOME ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDINGS AND PUT THEM UNDER A BUCKET WHICH HE WAS QUIT EXCITED ABOUT....
A PETRIFIED MOUSE FAMILY
THERE WAS A PICNIC AREA OUT FRONT OF THE CABIN AND WE SPOTTED THIS...
A THROWING KNIFE
AND WE HAD SOME FUN WITH IT
ITS HARDER THEN IT LOOKS
FINALLY TESS GOT IT TO STICK AFTER A BIT
I GOT AN IDEA TO HAVE MOSS MUSTACHES BUT THE MOSS WAS TO HIGH TO REACH SO TEAM COUSIN DID THE ONE THING WE DO BEST...
WE ARE A PRETTY STRANGE BUNCH
EVEN DAISY MAY HAD TO TRY IT
WITH MORE LAUGHING THEN WE COULD HANDLE WE HEADED BACK TO THE CAMPER TO SIT OUTSIDE AT WHAT TOM CALLS THE BISTRO
I'M PRETTY SURE I BROUGHT HALF THE LIQUOR STORE WITH ME
SO WE ATE SOME SNACKS AND GOT OUR DRINK ON
TESS GOT RIGHT TO IT
UNCLE TOM PICKING HIS POISON
SOME CROWN AND COKE
TESS MADE THE BISTRO A SIGN
SADIE AND JACKSON TOOK A NAP
TOM SHOWED OFF HIS BIRD FEED SKILLS
AND DAISY WATCHED FOR SQUIRRELS
PARTY AT THE LANDMARK BISTRO
AS THE AFTERNOON WENT ON MY BOY JACKSON NEEDED HIS AUNTIE JESSIE FOR CUDDLES
SADIE JO ON HER MAMA
OH AND LOOK WHO FINALLY SHOWED UP...
MY PARENTS
AS MY PARENTS WHERE UNHOOKING THEIR TRAILER SOMETHING WASN'T QUIT RIGHT
IT HAD FALLEN OFF THE BLOCK OF WOOD AND TIPPED FORWARD. BUT WITH SOME MUSCLE POWER WE GOT IT ALL STRAIGHTENED OUT
NIGHT FELL AND WE ALL GATHERED IN THE MANSION FOR BED
THE WIENERS WHERE POOPED FROM A HARD DAY OF PLAYING
TESS AND I ALWAYS READ BEFORE BED WHEN WE ARE CAMPING AND WE DO SO BY HEADLIGHTS. WE LAUGH THAT IT MAKES IT FEEL LIKE WE ARE HAVING A GIRLS NIGHT SLUMBER PARTY.
I'M SUCH A GOOD AUNTIE THAT I LET MY BOY SLEEP WITH ME ON MY JACKET AT NIGHT
THE NEXT MORNING ON HIS WAY OVER FOR BREAKFAST JIMMY FOUND THIS LITTLE GUY
AND TESS AND I HAD A PHOTO SHOOT WITH HIM ON THE BREAKFAST TABLE
SADIE WAS PRETTY FREAKED OUT BY HIM
AND JACKSON, WELL HE WANTED TO EAT HIM
ONCE BREAKFAST WAS OVER I HAD TO PACK MY THINGS UP, FOR MY WEEKEND WAS OVER AND I HAD TO BE BACK TO WORK AT 2PM. IT WAS A SHORT TWO DAY CAMP TRIP BUT WELL WORTH IT.
HEADING OUT FOR THE LONG TRIP HOME
STARTING THE STEEP DRIVE DOWN...WHICH HAS A PRETTY OVER LOOK FOR MILES BUT THE SWITCH BACKS MAKE IT NASTY
WARM LAKE DOWN BELOW
ONE OF MY FAVORITE WATER FALLS RIGHT NEXT TO THE ROAD... RADIATOR SPRINGS
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A SHORT WEEKEND IT WAS A MUCH NEEDED GET AWAY TO SAY GOODBYE TO SUMMER.
IT WAS ALSO A TRIP I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER SINCE IT WAS MY LAST CAMPING TRIP WITH MY SWEET BOY JACKSON...MISS YOU LITTLE MAN!
