Redfish Lake in Sawtooth Wilderness to Eagle Idaho
7/1
Friday
rise and shine to no fog, yippee, sneaked up to the toilets ALONE and then down to the lake for some peace and quiet ALONE. back up to camp to wash-up the griddle, and make some pancakes. 4 for Sverre, 3 for me, 2 for Erik, 2 for Magnus. then clean the grill up, and make some pancakes. 4 for Sverre, 3 for me, 2 for Erik, 2 for Magnus. then clean the grill up and start packing the car for the trip back south. made much more difficult by Erik's 'accident' which soaked not only 'my' sleeping bag, but his clothes and his bedroll. not sure why, he went pee twice before bed. got the car completely loaded, and headed out. the campsites were getting doubled booked, and it looked like the holiday weekend would be standing room only. the Camp ground had cut down 10% of the Lodge pole pine (true dog hair thicket) and most were just laying down rotting ;to provide protection for new trees (hello, takes a fire to open a lodge pole pine cone, but WHATEVER) and two were laying crossways, Erik and Magnus were pretty resourceful and used them for a teeter todder. it was pretty cool to see them so ingenious! Later on, Erik managed to borrow some bigger kid's 20" bike, he is just dying to get one of his own. once the car was loaded, we drove back down to Lowman, and then cut down through Idaho City, showed the boys lots of tailings piles and talked about gold mining, then on to Lucky Peak Reservoir and talked about basalt lava flows and crystallization. then through Boise's Hyde Park area, into Eagle, and finally back to the Swain's to get de-slimed, and cleaned up. started some laundry and then set off in search of some dinner. found a nice little restaurant called Whitewater Pizza & Pasta. I got a soup / salad and Sverre got a pizza and the boys got Mac n Cheese. they were so tired and hungry and cranky, that we ordered the mac n cheese ASAP before we ordered drinks and it was a good thing because once they ate, they were much better spirited. the food was fantastic, and the service was pretty good. I drank something that was a D Do, which is 1/3 ice tea & 2/3 lemonade. pretty good. polished off two 20 oz glasses. nearly died at the price $40. but it was hot, it was filling and it was good. went and picked up email, scouted houses in the area, and then back to put the boys to bed.
bed was a quiet but totally drawn out affair. teeth, potty, and pj's were easy enough, Toy Story II took forever, had to shut the house down completely for Erik and Magnus finally went to sleep. Magnus is so freaking annoying, sucking his thumb noisily all night, I was about ready to send him out to sleep in the car, Sverre got upset with me for telling him to stop and making him cry, I now have a month to get him potty trained and thumb broke without interference. I have a 50/50 chance.
Friday
rise and shine to no fog, yippee, sneaked up to the toilets ALONE and then down to the lake for some peace and quiet ALONE. back up to camp to wash-up the griddle, and make some pancakes. 4 for Sverre, 3 for me, 2 for Erik, 2 for Magnus. then clean the grill up, and make some pancakes. 4 for Sverre, 3 for me, 2 for Erik, 2 for Magnus. then clean the grill up and start packing the car for the trip back south. made much more difficult by Erik's 'accident' which soaked not only 'my' sleeping bag, but his clothes and his bedroll. not sure why, he went pee twice before bed. got the car completely loaded, and headed out. the campsites were getting doubled booked, and it looked like the holiday weekend would be standing room only. the Camp ground had cut down 10% of the Lodge pole pine (true dog hair thicket) and most were just laying down rotting ;to provide protection for new trees (hello, takes a fire to open a lodge pole pine cone, but WHATEVER) and two were laying crossways, Erik and Magnus were pretty resourceful and used them for a teeter todder. it was pretty cool to see them so ingenious! Later on, Erik managed to borrow some bigger kid's 20" bike, he is just dying to get one of his own. once the car was loaded, we drove back down to Lowman, and then cut down through Idaho City, showed the boys lots of tailings piles and talked about gold mining, then on to Lucky Peak Reservoir and talked about basalt lava flows and crystallization. then through Boise's Hyde Park area, into Eagle, and finally back to the Swain's to get de-slimed, and cleaned up. started some laundry and then set off in search of some dinner. found a nice little restaurant called Whitewater Pizza & Pasta. I got a soup / salad and Sverre got a pizza and the boys got Mac n Cheese. they were so tired and hungry and cranky, that we ordered the mac n cheese ASAP before we ordered drinks and it was a good thing because once they ate, they were much better spirited. the food was fantastic, and the service was pretty good. I drank something that was a D Do, which is 1/3 ice tea & 2/3 lemonade. pretty good. polished off two 20 oz glasses. nearly died at the price $40. but it was hot, it was filling and it was good. went and picked up email, scouted houses in the area, and then back to put the boys to bed.
bed was a quiet but totally drawn out affair. teeth, potty, and pj's were easy enough, Toy Story II took forever, had to shut the house down completely for Erik and Magnus finally went to sleep. Magnus is so freaking annoying, sucking his thumb noisily all night, I was about ready to send him out to sleep in the car, Sverre got upset with me for telling him to stop and making him cry, I now have a month to get him potty trained and thumb broke without interference. I have a 50/50 chance.
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