Mt Lemmon Camping

In June we spent a lovely two nights at Spencer Canyon campground on Mt Lemmon with our friends the Beuses and the Ashcrafts. The weather was great and the company was greater. 

 

We snagged two campsites close to each other and had plenty of space for our 3 families. The site next to ours was closed because of danger of trees falling or something, so we had lots of space for the kids to roam without bothering other campers. 

Elliot presenting his concoction of ashes and tree sap mixed with banana that a toddler dropped on the ground. Note the wicked glint in his eye- he kept trying to put it where someone would sit on it. 

We brought Elliot's schoolwork for kindling. Tossing pages into the fire was a big hit. Colton is right to be scared- later he touched the hot metal and got a gnarly burn on his hand. 

When your s'more turns out looking like a pig snout, you have to do a lil' photo shoot before chowing down

Annie tried to sleep in this hammock the first night. She wasn't bundled up enough and got so cold that she retreated to the tent at 2am. I love her face in this picture- just absolutely exasperated with all the boy energy.

These three boys are going to preschool together in the fall!

Filthy and happy. We love to see it. The kids roved all over the campsite. We kept having to retrieve the 3-year-olds when they wandered out of sight. 

We had some good game time while the babies were sleeping and with the grown-ups after the kids went to bed.

Our main adventure was hiking Marshall Gulch. 

Elliot achieved enlightenment on this here stump.

This is what enlightenment looks like. 

Best view in the woods

I sincerely believe that kids belong in the wild like this. They all loved exploring and climbing around. 

We had prepped our newly potty trained Isaac that when we are hiking, there aren't bathrooms around and sometimes you have to pee on rocks. He misinterpreted our instructions and started peeing in his pants on some rocks in the middle of the trail. It made for a significantly less comfortable rest of the hike for him! Never fear, he has since mastered this ancient art.

I'm glad that we bugged a fellow hiker for a group picture!

Not too shabby for a lady with a 7 month pregnant belly!

We stopped at Windy Point Vista on the way down for more rock scampering. I love that my family loves camping as much as I do!