Dirt upon Dirt

 This child was so sad to leave.  We had to bring her home and throw her in the tub to make sure she really belonged to us!

A picture with Ol' Smokie for Grandpa Greyhair

It's no secret, Dopp's are wimps when it comes to camping.  Maybe it's because we are so spoiled with Grandpa's custom built cabin! But each year we venture out in a tent for one night and one night only.  The yearly ward campout is the only thing that we can justify camping for.  As we drove higher and higher in elevation we were elated to see the temperature go down with each passing switchback.  It brought back many memories of a time we went to the mountains in Vegas just to escape the heat.  The brisk air and beautiful surroundings welcomed us in!  And the dirt, lets just say Lilah was a magnet for it!  The girls enjoyed playing in the fairies house which consisted of an exposed root system of a large tree and a  ditch.  They even built swags of wild flowers to decorate it.  It truly was fun to see the girls enjoy nature but seemed like a heck of a lot of work for one night.  Not that that was enough to convince us to stay a second night.  As we drove away Neeley went right to work using the commitment pattern to lock us in for next year too.  And as for roughing it, lets just say the fire pit may or may not have been a gas operated fire...