Skeeters and Smores

I will update from the happenings of late soon I promise! For now, enjoy this week's installment from the mind of Mama Kat! I chose prompt #4 ~ List 5 things you like to do while camping!

Seeing as how I am so lucky to have a friend who's parents own property in the mountains, I get my fair share of camping in every summer... I love it!!

1~ I love to just look at the mountains, the flowers, the scenery... everything!

Indian Mountain

Clear Lake

Sunset from the campsite

View from Indian Mountain

Aspens in the Fall

2~ Fishing!! I caught my first trout last year! He was kinda small so we threw him back, but I still caught him!!

It's not the size that matters...

Fishing and relaxing

3~ Animals! I love to look at and try to find all the animals. While camping I've seen antelope, elk, ground squirrels, and a huge porcupine. Unfortunately I haven't had a lot of luck photographing them...but I try!

Fox tracks!

See those spots, they're antelope!

4~ Drink. I know it seems contradicting but drinking and camping go hand and hand. Relax, have a few drinks and toast some marshmallows. Then, pass out and start again the next day.

Ahhh... Watching the sunset with an ice cold drink

We always have a wide assortment of options

5~ Hike and climb. I love the mountains and trees and getting to the top is always the best!

See that big rock in the distance, not only are we hiking to it, we are climbing it!

I just came down from the rock. We ate our lunch on top of the bigger flat part of the rock. It was awesome!

Hiking Indian Mountain

What's your favorite part of camping? The fires? The smores? The skeeters!? See you next time!

Groceries and Toilet paper rolls

Ahhh... Groceries. There are few things in life that are as sweet as looking in your cabinets and having OPTIONS!!! Before today my choices looked something like: should I eat rice, instant potatoes, mac and cheese, top roman, or... a can of gravy. Now, thanks to my monthly cash bonus, I have groceries! For the next week I'll have my pick of different types of hot pockes, lean cuisines, stew (which is in the crockpot right now!), or any other many exciting things that now grace my kitchen. The only thing I don't like about grocery shopping is "the stalker". You know who it is, it might even be you. There you are, minding your own business in the cereal isle, and somone stops right next to you like they want the exact same cearel you do. You exchange side glances, maybe even the "what's up" head nod and one of you moves on. Before you know it, that same person is right next to you while your deciding what type of pasta sauce you want. Now it's just weird. By the time you get to the frozen section this guy is my arch rival. There's no way I'm moving my cart so he can get into the glass door next to me. Now it's a race to the register, who can get out first?? Luckily I am a checkout PRO! The ladies at the register love me. I put all my fresh stuff together, meat together, frozen together, boxes and cans together. This allows me to win every time. What is up with that guy???

On a random note, last weekend I went camping. I left on Thursday and came back Sunday evening. It was lovely and wonderful and fun, but when I came home the toilet paper holder in my bathroom was gone. I looked all over thinking that my roommate dropped it and was to lazy to pick it up (trust me, not a stretch). Maybe he trew it away with the last empty roll... nope, not in the trash... hmmmm..... So I don't see my roommate often, so today I finally see him and I ask him, dude, where's the toilet paper holder?? His response: Oh, It's in my car. YOUR CAR?? WTF?? I didn't even want to ask why it was in his car.

I hate my roommates...just in case I didn't mention it here before....