For our Labor Day weekend we went camping at Miller Lake in the Boulder Mountains. It was a long ride there with a lot of rocky dirt roads, but we finally got there after dark on Friday night. Since we just sold our trailer, we were going to go back to roughing it in a tent, but since it was already dark (and cold) we opted to stay with Jeff's parents in their trailer.
Saturday we did some fishing and had fun. It was pretty chilly and windy for most of the day, so it was hard to stay out and enjoy being outside for long.
Sunday was rainy, windy and cold. We mostly just stayed in the trailer and played games and watched Maverick that night.
Monday we decided to just wake up and have breakfast and head home. Good thing we left early. Jeff and I headed out hauling three 4-wheelers on a trailer behind our truck. We were on a dirt road and all of a sudden the trailer started wobbling. We both looked in the rear view mirror and watched as the trailer almost tipped over....almost dumping all three 4-wheelers out. After a minute of trying to regain our composure and catch our breath, Jeff jumped out and found out that an axle had broken on the trailer. His parents were heading out too, but they had taken a different dirt road. Jeff tried calling them about 5 times so they could turn around and come help, but they didn't have service. Just as he was about to try to call again, his dad called him without knowing Jeff was trying to get a hold of him. So they turned around to come help us and we spent the next few hours getting everything worked out (I'll spare you the lengthy details). But all I can say is even though something went wrong, we counted our numerous blessings of how things worked out in that situation. I believe we were truly being watched over and blessed!
So despite the crappy weather, not sleeping very well, Jeff's 4-wheeler not working well with the high altitude, and a broken axle, and a few other factors....it was a fun trip. I guess.
Saturday we did some fishing and had fun. It was pretty chilly and windy for most of the day, so it was hard to stay out and enjoy being outside for long.
Sunday was rainy, windy and cold. We mostly just stayed in the trailer and played games and watched Maverick that night.
Monday we decided to just wake up and have breakfast and head home. Good thing we left early. Jeff and I headed out hauling three 4-wheelers on a trailer behind our truck. We were on a dirt road and all of a sudden the trailer started wobbling. We both looked in the rear view mirror and watched as the trailer almost tipped over....almost dumping all three 4-wheelers out. After a minute of trying to regain our composure and catch our breath, Jeff jumped out and found out that an axle had broken on the trailer. His parents were heading out too, but they had taken a different dirt road. Jeff tried calling them about 5 times so they could turn around and come help, but they didn't have service. Just as he was about to try to call again, his dad called him without knowing Jeff was trying to get a hold of him. So they turned around to come help us and we spent the next few hours getting everything worked out (I'll spare you the lengthy details). But all I can say is even though something went wrong, we counted our numerous blessings of how things worked out in that situation. I believe we were truly being watched over and blessed!
So despite the crappy weather, not sleeping very well, Jeff's 4-wheeler not working well with the high altitude, and a broken axle, and a few other factors....it was a fun trip. I guess.
There were a lot of cows around camp and the kids had fun chasing them. Hudson kept yelling "Come here cows!"
Hudson caught this fish all by himself! It pulled the rod out of his hands and almost into the lake!
Miller Lake
This was so much prettier in person. The lighting was great and it was so neat to see the sun hit Jeff's line as he cast out.
This is Hudson hanging out the window waiting while Dad and Grandpa fixed the trailer. It was a while but Hudson was a trooper. We eventually got sick of waiting in the truck so we got out and Hudson had fun "helping" under the trailer. 
Here is a video of Hudson and his cute cousin Jaxsen fishing. I think Hudson could sit there and "fish" all day. We just put a bubble on the end of his line so he doesn't catch something (or someone) he's not supposed to. He's become quite the fisherman lately.
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What a memorable trip! We still need to go camping together! Watching him fish was adorable. He can talk so well. I loved it when he said, "oh man, I'm tangled" So cute.
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