Tomato Worm and the Last Camping Trip of the Summer

On Friday, we were leaving for our last camping trip of the summer. We were going to Red Fir Group Campground in the El Dorado National Forest, to camp with Mike (Chris's friend) and his family. Before we left, I decided to pick some cherry tomoatoes to take with us. I stuck my hand out to pick some tomatoes, and right in front of me was a pesky tomato worm! He was HUGE, so obviously, he had been feasting on the tomatoes for quite a while! As you can see from the half eaten cherry tomato in his hands! Well, since I love taking pictures of the garden, I ran into the house to get my camera (which was already packed and ready to go) I aimed my camera at the worm to take it's picture and my camera said "No Memory Card"! As much as I hate to admit it, I have to be thankful I found that worm, or else, I would have not had the memory card in the camera when we got to the campground! Olivia was very impressed with the worm, she kept saying "the worm is eating the tomatoes, silly worm!"

Once we got to the campground and got the trailer set up, Rebecca and Chris played a game that Mike had brought up called Ladder Ball. It's PVC pipes, that you have to throw golf balls that are connected to ropes to and if the balls wrap around the pipe on one of three levels, you score points.

Isabella sat in the trailer, while I was making dinner, and played on one of the beds with her toys.
The three girls at the table eating their hot dogs. Always a favorite dinner when we are camping.
Rebecca loved laying in the hammock, and Olivia thought it was fun to push Rebecca. Rebecca thought it was great that Olivia would push her!
Chris and Isabella walking the loop.
The girls coloring.
Olivia looking at the helicopter! She has never been so close to a real helicopter before!
Chris with Isabella on his back.
Isabella napping in the backpack.



Ok, so we were told that we were going to go "on a little hike, down a trail to a stream of water...." The picture below shows you the "little hiking trail.." It was pure granite slabs! Above is my battle wound from walking down the sheer granite slabs! The kids were all troopers! I think I was the biggest whiner....bad childhood memories of camping and hiking....Vikingsholm!

Olivia digging in the dirt, getting dirty, and having a BLAST!

Chris, the girls, and Kali in Mike's Land Cruiser, ready to go to the lake.

Loon Lake

Chrissy (Mike's sister) brought glow necklaces for the girls to play with, which the girls thought were really cool. Rebecca kept hoping all day that it would get dark, so they could put on the glow necklaces!
On the last day, Rebecca and Olivia skipping to the trailer.
Isabella and Rebecca on a log behind our trailer, Olivia was too scared to sit on the giant log!

We had a fun time camping. Our girls love the outdoors and getting dirty! Olivia and Rebecca were not ready to come home, they wanted to stay at least one more day! We look forward to camping more next year, although, this year we did get in 3 camping trips!