Friday, July 24, 2009
Introducing Chase the pilot
Lava HotSprigs Idaho
Once we arrived at our campground we quickly realized that the only trees around had been planted oh i don't know, maybe 2 days before we got there. Needless to say the temperatures were up in the 90's and there was not shade to be found. Not to worry though Brandon quickly jumped on the invention wagon and came up with some clever ways to create shade. And once the shade was provided the camp started up with nothing but fun and games.
We had all decided that since Brandon had so much fun inventing, that we should all try new things too. I invented a new way to hold your drink and still be able to use your hands. Not sure what Chase invented but he sure looked cute doing it. And after we came up with our camp name, Shilo inveted our very cute and creative camp sign.
This is our final flag for our camp which we named.... Echo, Bravo, Sierra, Charlie...EBSC Camp (for short) and our moto was "phonetically challenged".
Later we headed off to run the river on two man tubes. The first time Shilo and I were together, and Brandon and Chase were together. It was so much fun and when me and Shilo went over a small water fall we tipped over. Frantically trying to grab onto the tube and grab onto shilo, while my sunglasses floated off my face and downstream, I was trying to assure Shilo that we were gonna be ok and not to worry. Suddenly I notice I was the only one flipping and flopping and yelling out "it's ok, it's ok"! Shilo looked down at me, because she was standing and I was trying to swim in two feet of water, and she said calmly "just stand up mom". HAHAHA thanks Shilo for staying calm and saving my life. The next time we ran Shilo went with Brandon, I wonder why, and Chase went with me. Wouldn't you know that Chase and I flip over in the same exact spot. But this time i knew...I was prepared...so instead of freeking out, I simply held Chase in one hand and the tube in the other hand and lifted my feet in a chair position and calmly floated downstream. The third time we were getting ready to go and both kids wanted to go with Brandon...go figure!


After all of this it was back to camp every night for some good home cooked meals and old fashioned dance offs.
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