Camping weekend -upper stiles

The weather is starting to cool down and we knew we needed to get out and camp for the weekend. Even though it was down-pouring when we pulled into camp... we made it work in the rain! Good thing "big red" is mostly dry for bedtime.

Our 16 year old Eagle Scout decided to take matters into his hands with the campfire and added gasoline to a tree- results were a 5 gallon gas tank fire and the whole camp rushing around to put it out. Thankfully the Aiton’s has a fire extinguisher in their RV so we could quickly put out the flames before more damage was done. It was quite the sight for the Powell's to see when they arrived- black smoke and a panicked camp. For a while we were just watching and waiting for the gas to burn out... but there was so much, the damage was done and the container melted.

ALASKA CAMPING- RIDING AND SHOOTING. 

At our campsite, there is a shooting range and place to ride 4-wheelers around. I usually stick around the campsite and keep tabs on the little kids. Cannon and Kiona were exploring the forest around camp and found some animal tracks. I love when they go exploring!

On the way back home, I mentioned to Ben that there is a river spot to put the canoe in and it would take 2 hours to make it back to our neighborhood. Even though we were tired and had a lot of camping clean-up to do, Ben said he was going to do it. If any of the kids wanted to join him they could-- and bonus-- they wouldn't have to clean up the camping trailer. So as you can see from the departing boat... 4 of the 5 children joined the floating trip. Ben said it was such a good time with the kids, they were chipper and happy to be in the boat, joking around and making stops along the way. When they made it back home, Cannon was ready to go again! I'm glad they made it safe and had a fun time together. Me getting to try to get Cael to help unload the camping trailer was another story