We have a 15-foot pontoon boat that we got about 12 years ago. We have lots of fun in it. It needed a few repairs this year before we could use it. The crank was broken on the hitch so we had to replace it. But, after a year of non-use, the motor started right up!
Our camper was a different story! We haven't used it for about three years, and since that time we have changed pick-ups. We now have a Dodge dually (the Hippo) whose bed is shaped differently from our previous Ford. So, the tie-downs wouldn't work on it. We had a hard time finding some that would work and that we could afford. The refridgerator wouldn't work and needed a new compter board. Then, when we were all set to load, we went to back under the camper and realized that the "Hippo" would not fit between the jacks. We were leaving the next day to go camping, so Terry jimmy-rigged the jacks with some bolts. It was pretty scary loading it because the bolts bent with the weight of the camper.
We went camping at Sagehen Reservoir with Terry's brother and sister and their spouses. We had such a good time. We didn't catch any fish, but the lake was beautiful. Sagehen is a little Reservoir about 50 miles north of Emmett. It is right in the middle of the pines.
We were lucky to find three spots together. You can do that if you get there in the middle of the week like some of us retired people can do!
We did a lot of sitting around, playing games, fishing, walking, napping, and whatever else we wanted to do. It was great.
We couldn't get any cell reception from our camp, but if we went out in the middle of the lake, there were several little areas that we could get reception! So, we would take a ride out there once in a while and make our calls.
Terry and I stayed for a couple of days longer than his brother and sister did. We walked about half-way around the lake one day. It took us about two hours, but that was because we were not in a big hurry and took time to check out the other three campgrounds along the way.
There were lots of ducks and geese along the way. Some of them had their "family" with them.
Here is a Mama duck with her little babies swimming along behind her.
A few days after getting home from Sagehen, we went back up with our Church girl's camp. They needed a couple more adults to go and asked us. We readily agreed. It was great. The girls did most of the cooking and clean-up. So, it was like a vacation to us. We made ice cream in a bag one evening and omelets in a bag for breakfast. We played games and sang around the campfire. The girls put on skits for us. We helped with some of their activities. A special one was a "faith walk" where the girls were blindfolded and had to follow a rope for about a quarter of a mile along trees and through brush. This trail represented life and everything around it were the obstacles and trials they may have, but if they held onto the rope (their beliefs and standards) they would make it to where they want to be. Three of us women were all dressed in white at the end of the trail. I was the first to greet them. I got to take off their blindfold, give them a hug, and tell them that they had made it! What a great experience it was.
Here are all of the girls during one of our hikes. Thanks to Butte Ward for letting us go back to Sagehen and to their Ward Girls Camp!
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