Well, we finally made it! Our first camping trip, in the camper we bought two years ago! The weather held out for us, and we made our escape to Lake Eklutna. All went well, with the small exception that the nights were slightly cooler than we'd expected and our our battery didn't last the whole night through to keep us nice and warm. That's okay though, we had tons of blankets and good sleeping bags with us!
Kenton had a great time exploring the wilderness and watching the camp fire. Here he shows us his pine cone that he found, and promptly tried to eat!
Kristina had a good time hanging out with our friend's son that went with us. We even got in about 3 small hikes - two on Saturday and a good long one on Sunday. Here's a couple pictures taken along the hike. Check out the water as it is still partially frozen over!
Lots of people were out hiking on Sunday we noticed, and apparently a few saw some black bears and their ever present "scat". We didn't see either (though we walked right by where they supposedly were at least twice), but we were making lots of noise since we had Kenton and Kristina with us.
On Saturday evening we took a small hike up to a meadow at the bottom of a small mountain and played a bit. Kenton decided he wanted to get a sneak attack in on mommy and tackled me! We all just really had a great time at this spot.
Kenton helped us get the camper all packed up on our last morning camping. Here he is getting "his" gloves on to help out! He is looking too adorable and growing up WAY too fast!
All in all, it was exhausting, but we made some good memories and got a few good pictures. It was just nice to get away! Enjoy the pics!
