Alpine Campout

Earlier this year, Alpine decided to do a camp out with some "scrap metal money" for all the employees and their families.  Bryce and I found the perfect spot located up North Fork, near Eden, Utah.  We reserved the spot back in June  and set the date for August.  Well, the day before the camp out, almost everyone backed out and decided they couldn't go. 

Bryce called the campgrounds and they said the fees were non-refundable, but they let us reschedule for the 30th of September.  Bryce told everyone again at work and many employees wanted to come.  Two days before the camp out, we went and bought all the food. 

On Friday night, we had hamburgers and hot dogs.  We had about 25 people show up for dinner, but only 3 employees and their families actually camped out.  The spot that we reserved accommodated over 50 campers.  We roasted marshmallows that night and sat around the fire visiting with each other.

On Saturday morning, I got up and decided to go for a 20 minute jog around our campsite.  It was such a beautiful place to run and the temperature was perfect. I even ran through some of the trails around our camp.  It was so gorgeous and I loved every minute of it!

After the run, we cooked a yummy breakfast.  We had eggs, bacon, pancakes, and sausage.  The food was great, but we only had a few people for breakfast.  Others were supposed to show up, but they never did.  Bryce drove back home to grab some dutch ovens and more firewood. While he was gone, Cooper and I played Frisbee, Clayton rode around on his tricycle, and we mostly just relaxed. 

The kids had a fun time collecting acorns for the squirrels and hiking in the trees. They also had a great time riding on Cameron's battery powered four wheeler.  In fact, half way through the day, Clayton figured out he could drive it on his own.  He thought it was so cool. 

When Bryce got back to camp, we all went down to Pineview reservoir to play on the beach.  We also brought the kayaks down.  Bryce and Cooper went out for a ride and the wind got the best of Cooper.  Bryce had to hook up his kayak to Cooper's and paddle him back. Kelly and Cameron got pushed over by a wave and so they came back drenched and cold.  Hans and Kim decided they would try to ride on a kayak together.  They didn't even make it off the edge of the shore before they tipped over.

Dave and Stephanie brought their fun, little boat. Dave took us for a ride over to the docks where he let us fish for a few minutes.  Cooper hooked three fish, but only one made it all the way into the boat.  This was very exciting for him.  Clayton thought the boat ride was awesome.  He had the biggest smile on his face.

Later that night, we had dutch oven food.  It took forever to cook the food and it still turned out hard.  We started cooking around six and didn't eat till 8:30.  The potatoes tasted good, but they were not soft.  The ribs were not tender at all.  The best part of dinner was the green beans and pineapple-cherry cake.  WE also had huge cookies that were great.  The kids watched the "Lorax" on the big screen hung over the baseball backstop.  Everyone visited around the fire for a while and then headed to bed. 

On Sunday morning, Bryce and I had to be back for church.  Bryce was getting put in the Young Men organization as a Priest Quorum Advisor.  I needed to be over the nursery at church.  Anyway, we got up and packed our stuff and headed home.  It was a really fun trip.  It was nice to relax outdoors in the most beautiful scenery of the year. I enjoyed spending time with my family and also getting to know some of the employees and their families a little better.  Too bad everyone else missed out on all the food and fun!