Walker Rendezvous

The Walker Rendezvous is Jeff's family reunion. His parents started it 20 years ago the year after his brother Todd was killed in a car accident on his mission as a way to keep the family together. It's a mountain man rendezvous, so some people like to dress up and we do mountain man activities like shooting guns, throwing tomahawks and knives, bows and arrows, campfire programs, tug of war, watermelon bust, walking on stilts, hunkerhauser, BB Guns, sling shots, building fires with flint and steel, cow pie toss, fry pan toss, rolling pin toss, dutch oven dinner, etc. There are crafts and activities for the kids like the trading post which is where kids find "gold nuggets" to trade in for prizes and candy. They also have the candy cannon, rubber band shoot, noodle swords, nature hike, etc. Then at the end of the Rendezvous, we hold a raffle. Every family brings a prize worth $20 or more, then we buy tickets for the raffle.

Anyway, this year it was held up Spanish Fork canyon. We were there from Wednesday-Saturday. It rained the first day we were there but had good weather the rest of the time. It was hot and the flies and bugs were ridiculous. But we had fun.

Hudson shooting cups with his rubber band gun.

We found some huge caterpillars there. Hudson loved them!So dirty! His hat is full of candy from the candy cannon.Jeff helping Hudson with the slingshots.Hudson walking on stilts.What a HOT mountain man my husband is!Bow & ArrowsBB Guns. Check out the determined look on his face!Here's the prize I won for winning the women's muzzle loader shooting contest. WooHoo!Eating some watermelon after the bust.