Camping at Lake Mormon

The last weekend in July, just before Cole and Ethan were about to start school.  We went on a family camping trip.  We were so excited, I had been on line looking at all the cool places there are around here to go camping.  I found the perfect place.  Sedona Arizona  has this beautiful canyon called, Oak Creek Canyon.  It has a natural rock slide and pools along the creek.  On line warned how busy it is and to come early to get a camp site (the camp sites were first come first serve).  We headed out and the excitement was more than we could stand.  We drove up to Sedona and the landscape was amazing.  When we got to Oak Creek Canyon we started to get worried about getting a camp site as we past camp ground after camp ground with signs saying they were full!  Needless to say, we didn't end up camping there.  We just kept driving and Flagstaff was only a few more miles away.  We headed up to Lake Mormon and pitched our tents.  I had packed for warmer weather and no chance of rain.  Now we were more up in the mountains and rain was in the forecast.  We all had our swim suits and no jackets.  Not being a real camper, I thought we should just turn around and go home.  I'm glad we didn't!  I was so much fun.  Yes, it did rain a little, but we had some of the best moments in the tent making up stories, making shadow puppets, and playing Uno.  It reminded me of when I was a kid and we would get stuck on Lake Powell in a rain storm.

The times it didn't rain we roasted marshmallows, went on a hike, and just hung out together.

Good times!