Payson Campground, AZ

The day after the NASCAR race, we all headed back to Payson. Ryan and Shay rented a little convertible to get back to Phoenix in. It really was not convertible weather, but you could not convince them of that! They left Payson that night to head to some friends' house so they could golf with them on Monday morning and then catch their flights back home on Tuesday. It was not very warm in Payson, but they said by the time they got to Phoenix, it was a balmy 73 degrees!

We stayed at the Payson Campground for two weeks. It is not a campground in our system, but it was nice. There was not really good TV reception, but we OD'd on the movies from the clubhouse. It was also within bike riding distance from Travis's home and lots of the activities we went to with them.

And talk about activities. It brought back lots of memories of having six kids active in all kinds of things and all of the time and coordination it took to get them and us to everything.

Shannon and I attended a commuity Choir Program and she and Nate performed at a piano recital. We also went to a community barbeque at the last high school softball and baseball games. Travis took us to lunch with his office staff and it was good to get to know them.

Nate had baseball games three times a week,

plus got his Bear award at a Cub Scout Pack Meeting.

The whole family joined in at the Pack Meeting and learned about bugs!

Terry still found time to play in a golf scramble with Travis and also to take the boys fishing. He took Spencer and Nathan. They came back with a big bag of trout and some big stories to go with them. They did finally confess and told me that the fish had been given to them and that they didn't even get a bite!

We went to another little lake further up from where the boys had gone to see if there were more fish there. We had a really good time, but caught no fish. I spent time gathering firewood so we could have a campfire before we left.

The day before we left, Spencer came over and tried out Grandpa Howie's metal detector. He was trying to beat Grandpa findings of three pennies a few days before at the Town park. He found a couple of coins at our campground.

We did get to have a campfire the night before we left. Travis and family all came over and we roasted hot dogs and marshmellows. It was really fun being around Travis's family and being able to come and go to our own little home. But, we are ready to go to Lake Powell by Page, AZ, and continues our adventures!