Richards Family in front of the little Forest Service Cabin
Keller Family
Craziness! We got invited to go with the Keller's camping out of Homer in Tutka Bay. My first response was of course no. I don't really like to camp, and I don't really like to be out in the cold. Then I remember how much fun we had last Christmas. I still didn't really want to go, but I knew I would regret not going just for the experience. So I went just so that I could say that I went! And I did have a lot of fun!
We went out on the Keller's boat and the guys fished for some cod to use as crab bait. Most of the kids were just cold, hungry, and grumpy, but Nettie and I kept them entertained up in the cab.
Chubby cheeks!
Then we had to go check on the crab pots that Travis left out there over the weekend. We were expecting to take have a ton of crabs, but sadly...only three. Apparently someone came and stole our crabs and messed with the pots. Jerks. Luckily we found them all!
Grumpy Parker....what else is new? What happened to my sweet little boy? We made it to the cabin just before dark, and just like last Christmas the cabin was freezing while we got the fire going and all the kids were screaming and crying! We are going to have to figure something else out!
Brian with Trayton, Parker and Tustin making smores outside that night!
Brian and Parker inside the little cabin.
We pretty much just ate and hung out while we were there. Poor Nettie got the flu, but she was a champ and didn't complain at all. My kids kept everyone up half the night I think! They sleep best in their own beds in their own rooms! But Parker got to sleep on his own top bunk and he thought that was pretty sweet. I should have taken a pic! It was so fun. We forgot to bring him a sleeping bag though so we just borrow one of the Keller's. We had lots of blankets though. Eli just slept with Brian and me in our giant queen size sleeping bag! It was awesome, but pretty uncomfortable cause our sleeping pad was just regular size so we were falling off the edges. Oh well.
Yes we let him have his binki....we were all going crazy with the crying!!!!!
In the morning Brian went out duck hunting in his kayak. That's the other reason that I really wanted to go camping was because Brian hasn't been duck hunting in years now and he loves it so much. There was one kind of duck that he saw out there a few days earlier with the scouts and it is one (can't remember the name) that he has always wanted to hunt. I don't think I will ever understand this whole animal killing thing, but I know it makes him happy. So I play along.
Anyway he didn't get that kind of duck, but he got three of another kind. I guess that was good enough for him. They are in our freezer now, still whole. Gross. Brian is starting to get into taxidermy now and he thinks he is going to stuff it. He is going to put it on a shelf in Parker's room with a squirrel he is working on. Can't this guy find anything better to do? I have a whole list of awesome thing he could work on! :)
This is Nettie and Tracker sitting by the fire pit in front of the cabin, OCEAN VIEW!
This is the back of the little cabin....and Parker crying and trying to catch up to me I am so glad they have so many of these up here! They are so fun to use!
The camping trip was a blast and the area was beautiful. The outhouse wasn't too frosty this year either! I would definitely go again!
This is Brian Kayaking out to get the boat un-anchored (is that how you say it?) . You should have seen Travis try! LOL!
As we drove away on the boat I tried to get a pic of the cabin, it is up on the bluff in the trees! Such a beautiful little area!
