Fun In Riverton

Why drive straight home from Rawlins when you can detour through Riverton? We decided to go visit Ashley and her family for a few days on our way home from Rawlins. We had tons of fun, including an unexpected camping trip!

This would be one of the best pictures ever of Melissa and Elise if it weren't for the fact that it is a little blurry! Still cute, though. 

 Elise is quick to latch onto people who will hold her and play with her. Brynne stepped right up to the challenge and thoroughly enjoyed being an awesome older cousin to Elise!

 

 Ashley and Derek were willing to go through all the extra work of collecting camping gear for our family (since we hadn't traveled with any) to join them for a night of camping at Popo Agie Campground in Sinks Canyon State Park. We stopped to eat pizza and play along the way, which is when I took this picture of Melissa and Ashley.

 Brynne was a great helper when it came to helping Uncle Derek set up the tents! (It didn't take her long to get black all over her face - she plays the role of camper really well.)

 Brynne took a little break to throw rocks in the river with Cousin Marshall.

 I took this picture of Melissa because she was so dirty -- dirt on face and clothes, food in hair, etc. -- but you can't see all that in this picture for some reason. Just super cute like always! :)

The kids had a great time playing on a huge bridge that went over the river right by our camp. If you look carefully, you can see Brynne in her pink shirt standing on the bridge and the water down below and to the left a bit. I took this picture standing in the middle of our campsite.

 This cute picture of Ashley and her kids shows the bridge and the river well. I absolutely loved falling asleep to the sound of the rushing water!

It was a lot of work to set up camp for just one short night and to set up camp while simultaneously keeping kids away from water and other hazards, but I am really glad we went! It was our only camping trip this summer and my girls and I love camping! And it was Melissa's first time camping ever! I felt bad loading all the dirty stuff into Ashley and Derek's car and then leaving them to take it all home, but they were good sports. Thanks for the fun memories Waltons!