Happy 4th of July!

This year we went camping with Cole and Amanda at Lava Hot Springs for a weekend of cold, late nights, laughter, stinging sunburns, relaxation, and eventful waterfalls. It started on Friday when we stopped at a Flying J to get gas and Troy turned around to find the gas spewing out of the tank. He reached in and grabbed the pump to make it stop and the remaining ride to Lava I felt like Ace Ventura sticking my head out the window trying to get a breath of fresh air.

The stench wore off the next day when we rented tubes and had a blast floating the river three times. During the third time, this lady chickened out to go down a waterfall, so she got out of her tube and stood right on top of it which was exactly where we were headed. Troy, being the nice person he is and not wanting to hit her, got out of the tube and tried pulling our 2-person tube against the current. Instead the tube and I went down the wrong side, tumbling over and probably looking terrified. It gave us a good laugh. Good news was someone saved my flip flops, so I was happy I didn't have to walk back to the car barefoot. The lady that got in our way ended up going down on her bum anyway, which was probably even worse!

In the evening we went to the hot springs early in anticipation of the fireworks that were launched off of a nearby mountain. After enduring sunburns in hot mineral water for three hours, the lamest fireworks show we've all seen finally began. There was only one firework at a time and sometimes lengthy breaks in between-nothing compared to Idaho Falls. The highlight was the short finale and string of fireworks strung across the top of the mountain that made it look like lava was pouring over the rocks.

Despite the disappointment with the fireworks, it was a memorable trip! It was good to be together with friends and enjoy the beauty of our great country. Here are just a few pics.



Cole & Troy are watching our hamburgers cook over the fire
Cole and Amanda decided to play on a teeter-totter at a nearby campsite while the people were out for the day. We watched the kids playing on it all morning and it looked like they were having fun!