Oh how we have come to really treasure our annual Flaming Gorge Vacation. This year we started out with a little bit of trailer brake problems. But once we got that all fixed then we had nothing to worry about (especially since Troy was able to pull the boat with his friend Clints awesome Diesel Truck.
However the moment we pulled into Manilla, UT where we stayed at the Steinaker hotel I knew we were in for a long night. The spiders came free and there was barely enough floor room to fit our 6 kids. It was by far the worse hotel any of us have ever stayed in. We should have expected it when the room was only $55. Lets just say there were no tears when we pulled out of that place.
Then we were on our way to Mustang Ridge Campground right on the Sunny Cove Shore of "The Gorge". It only took us 3 hours of hard laborus work to set up camp. But once it was up we had lunch and hit the lake for a good tour of the "GORGOUS GORGE". Last year we didn't tour it like we did this year. We had a great time going down all the coves and enjoying the beautiful scenery.
The next day we decided since the weather was cooperating that we should seize the moment and enjoy a white water rafting trip down the Green River. The girls were a little nervous, but were real troopers and everyone was sad to see the 4 hour rafting trip come to an end.
The boys brought their fishing poles and tried a little something something. But found that the kids and the rafting was more entertaining. So they put their poles away and enjoyed the ride.
So If you have never rafted a river you are surely missing out. This is one of my favorite things to do. I was quite disappointed with myself when I jumped in the river to get cooled off and hit my knee on a rock really hard. Wouldn't you know it I pick the one second we floated over a huge rock the only huge rock in that stretch. But it hit so hard I wasn't able to do any wakeboarding the whole trip.
Ya you can say I was really disappointed especially the next day when we took a day of boating. The boys all had some really great rides, did you know that when you hit the wake at the Gorge it is alot more powerful than Utah Lake. Well that is what we believe.
Bowdee rode like a mad man, he cruised all the way back to the harbor that night it was like a 8 minute ride. He is getting so confident on his board. It won't be long before he is landing some jumps.
Really the boys could tell a huge difference in their jumps. Anyway it was a long hard day for me just to watch and not be out there with them. But I made it through and the next day we drove up sunny cove and enjoyed alittle spear fishing and snorkeling.
Troy hit a nice bass and Terrys got away. Bowdee and Treg even netted some guppies and Matia loved watching over them. We pumped up the trampoline and tube and just let the kids swim their little hearts out. Then of course we finished the day off with another great wakeboarding session.
The last day we were all so tired from all the fun we had that we just parked our boat on a sandy beach and let the kids build hot tubs and we snorkeled some more. The weather was great the whole time we were there. Even though I packed enough cold gear for a 5 day Thunderstorm we didn't have to even use our hoodies.
So I guess you can say we lucked out. We even were able to pack up dry tents to avoid later hassels. Yep we even had a few moments to just sit back in the hammock and enjoy everything and nothing at the same time. I have to say the only downfall of this trip was falling to sleep listening to the camp next to us cuss their way through some filthy campfire stories. Man some people can be so inconsiderate. Thank you Troy for bringing your darling girls and having such a good time with us. We hope you will do it again with us next year. We are ready to make the reservations.
Oh how we have come to really treasure our annual Flaming Gorge Vacation. This year we started out with a little bit of trailer brake problems. But once we got that all fixed then we had nothing to worry about (especially since Troy was able to pull the boat with his friend Clints awesome Diesel Truck.
However the moment we pulled into Manilla, UT where we stayed at the Steinaker hotel I knew we were in for a long night. The spiders came free and there was barely enough floor room to fit our 6 kids. It was by far the worse hotel any of us have ever stayed in. We should have expected it when the room was only $55. Lets just say there were no tears when we pulled out of that place.
Then we were on our way to Mustang Ridge Campground right on the Sunny Cove Shore of "The Gorge". It only took us 3 hours of hard laborus work to set up camp. But once it was up we had lunch and hit the lake for a good tour of the "GORGOUS GORGE". Last year we didn't tour it like we did this year. We had a great time going down all the coves and enjoying the beautiful scenery. 
The next day we decided since the weather was cooperating that we should seize the moment and enjoy a white water rafting trip down the Green River. The girls were a little nervous, but were real troopers and everyone was sad to see the 4 hour rafting trip come to an end.
The boys brought their fishing poles and tried a little something something. But found that the kids and the rafting was more entertaining. So they put their poles away and enjoyed the ride.
So If you have never rafted a river you are surely missing out. This is one of my favorite things to do. I was quite disappointed with myself when I jumped in the river to get cooled off and hit my knee on a rock really hard. Wouldn't you know it I pick the one second we floated over a huge rock the only huge rock in that stretch. But it hit so hard I wasn't able to do any wakeboarding the whole trip.
Ya you can say I was really disappointed especially the next day when we took a day of boating. The boys all had some really great rides, did you know that when you hit the wake at the Gorge it is alot more powerful than Utah Lake. Well that is what we believe.
Bowdee rode like a mad man, he cruised all the way back to the harbor that night it was like a 8 minute ride. He is getting so confident on his board. It won't be long before he is landing some jumps.
Really the boys could tell a huge difference in their jumps. Anyway it was a long hard day for me just to watch and not be out there with them. But I made it through and the next day we drove up sunny cove and enjoyed alittle spear fishing and snorkeling. 
Troy hit a nice bass and Terrys got away. Bowdee and Treg even netted some guppies and Matia loved watching over them. We pumped up the trampoline and tube and just let the kids swim their little hearts out. Then of course we finished the day off with another great wakeboarding session. 
The last day we were all so tired from all the fun we had that we just parked our boat on a sandy beach and let the kids build hot tubs and we snorkeled some more. The weather was great the whole time we were there. Even though I packed enough cold gear for a 5 day Thunderstorm we didn't have to even use our hoodies. 
So I guess you can say we lucked out. We even were able to pack up dry tents to avoid later hassels. Yep we even had a few moments to just sit back in the hammock and enjoy everything and nothing at the same time. I have to say the only downfall of this trip was falling to sleep listening to the camp next to us cuss their way through some filthy campfire stories. Man some people can be so inconsiderate. Thank you Troy for bringing your darling girls and having such a good time with us. We hope you will do it again with us next year. We are ready to make the reservations.
5 comments:
That sucks about your knee. I hope it's okay. What a bummer!! Glad you all had fun in FG. I have yet to go there. Holy Cats Terry.. that's some serious air you got there!! We need wake board lessons.. we are stuck in ski mode over here :o)
Looks like a great trip. How fun!!! We are still planning on this weekend. We just need to know what time to be there and what our plans are for food etc...
Love ya sis
You are smokin hot!. Can I jump into the hammock with you?
Seriously...like I said on the answering machine, adopt me! I'll be really good, won't eat much, and promise to be sweet and happy. You take the world's greatest vacations. It is already the end of July and we can't decide what to do. Maybe I need to visit the Townsend Travel Agency. I'll call for an appointment...
And I'm totally blushing at Terry's comment...but he is right. You are a total babe!
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