Catalina Camping Capers

It's mid January, and we are once again camping out at Catalina State Park.   Only this year, the weather is much warmer and the days have been in the mid-70's while other parts of the country are suffering snowstorms and cold, bitter weather.  

 This is the view from our site.  Great weather, great views and being surrounded by family and friends.  We are richly blessed!

Every year we come up with something new to make.  This year, Jerry and Sandy made "Jerry's Big Bubbas" where everything except the kitchen sink is loaded on to a baked potato.  Trust me, after eating the stuffed potato, I was stuffed.

 Norm is being followed by Molly, hoping she gets a bite of the potato.

 And here we are again at the same table the next morning, gobbling down the bacon, eggs, toast and hash browns.  For some reason, everything tastes better when eating al fresco.

Eating again?  Yep, but this time we are enjoying the peach/blueberry cobbler that Jerry made in his cast iron Dutch oven.  Our nephew, Greg, his wife Lori and daughter Cassidy joined us that night for supper and dessert.

 The dogs were waiting for a bite but I don't think anyone was willing to share with either Sammy or Molly.

 To work off the calories we did a lot of walking, hiking and biking.  Thank goodness there are a lot of great trails in the park.

Jerry's daughter, Melissa, holds on to her son, Owen as he struggles to get free.  He was tired and near the end of his rope at this point.  It's always fun dealing with a cranky two year old!

Is this some kind of Dagwood sandwich?  No, it's just McKenna,Lauren and Cassidy being pulled back by Lori!

 The competition is fierce when we play Cornhole.  Sandy demonstrates her unusual stance, but I don't know if she got the bag in the hole or not.

Good grief!  It's time to eat again!  Norm cuts the turkey while Don and Sherry hold on to it.  This year, we had 25 people for Saturday dinner, which consisted of ham, turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole,gravy, cranberries, corn, rolls and two desserts.  Needless to say, no one went away hungry.

Time to pray before we eat. And yes, I did put down the camera to join in.

Notice anything odd about this picture?  Is it cold outside or warm?  You sure couldn't tell by the way some of us were dressed. Nellie had on long pants and a sweater, Jannie had on her sweats, while Don and Norm are in shorts and short sleeves!  

For the second year in a row, we had a picture taken of the ladies who graduated from Flowing Wells.  From the left is Sandy Bollmeier White, Sherry Lynn MacFarlane, me, Doris Bollmeier Sherwood and Nellie Hanson Galloway.

Pictures taken, we all head back to rejoin the rest of the group.

We had no busboy to clean off the tables, but Sammy took care of that for us.  I guess we didn't get all that turkey juice completely cleaned off!