Ahhhhhh.........

Last weekend Rick and I got away for a little vacation. We went to Beaver Creek Valley State Park . It is such a beautiful area. This was also the first time we took the dogs camping with us. I am very happy to say they did very good.

The dogs got more walks over the weekend then they have had in months. Since we have a big yard I hardly ever walk them. They were very excited to get out and explore someplace new. Dexter loved the water and walked right into the creek whenever he could. Morgan was not so excited to go in the water.

In June they had floods in the park. They just opened the campgrounds back up on July 3. I could not believe how much damage was done. The next few pictures are of the damage that was done around the creek and the walking trails. Several of the trails were closed down because of rock slides and washouts. We had to cross the creek to get to one of the main trails because the bridge was damaged and closed. Good thing the water in the creek was pretty low where we crossed, it went up to my knees in the deepest part where we crossed. The water in the creek is only 44 degrees year round  because it comes from underground. It was soooo cold. The first couple steps would not be to bad but by the time you got to the middle of the creek my feet would go numb. Good thing it was hot out so they warmed up fast.

                                                                Log jams on the creek

                           One of the many bridges that got washed out from the flood.

                                                Our camp site

                      Morgan being naughty putting her head on the table waiting to steal some food!

                                       This is a huge tree that was uprooted from all the rain

We thought we should take a picture of all of us with the timer on the camera. As you can see the first try did not work out so good :)

                             The second try went much better and we got a good picture

             Dexter and Morgan looking out of the camper wishing I would let them out.....

                 This is Dexter after we went on a hike up the West Rim Trail. It was a long uphill trail.He was ready for a nap when we got back.


We got to do lots of trout fishing. Neither Rick or I have ever caught a brown trout before, it was tons of fun. We also got to do a lot of hiking and of course just relaxing. We did not get  the heavy rain that a lot of MN got on Saturday. We just had a light rain on Saturday morning. By noon it was done and we were able to enjoy the day outside.

We got home on Sunday around noon and got the camper all cleaned up and ready for our next trip. To bad it is over a month away.

Later Sharon