Warm Lake, Idaho

We returned today from a 5 day camping trip (Shane's first). We left on Friday July 4th to drive about 5 hours to Moscow, Idaho for the night. That is where Kenny went to college at the University of Idaho. We walked the campus and saw some of the places that he used to frequent in college.

Saturday morning we headed out for Warm Lake which took us another 5 hours to get to our campground. We drove through areas that I had never seen before. Shane was a pretty good traveler. He didn't think napping was very important while in the car (or while camping for that matter), so he was awake for almost all of the driving.

We were meeting up with about about 8 other families. It was a big college reunion for Kenny. Most of these people I had only heard of or met briefly, so it was a lot of fun to get to know all of them better and put faces to names and stories. Kenny had a great time seeing all of his friends and meeting their kids. Shane had a lot little buddies and dogs to to play with.

We spent time hanging out and talking to everyone during the day and spent late nights by the fire. On Monday Kenny went rafting with all the guys. Tuesday most of the girls went, but I opted out of that adventure. There was a little sandy beach that we walked to most days and played in the water to help cool us off. The weather was great, maybe a little hot during the middle of the day, but the evenings cooled off nicely.

This was full-on camping too....no showers, sinks or flush toilets!! At one point I thought maybe my back had gotten burnt because it itched really bad, Kenny said it looked tan, but that maybe it was just dirt?! It was wonderful to come home (after driving 10.5 hours straight) and take a hot shower.

Kenny and Shane on the campus of the University of Idaho.

Our tent site: the sun hit it all afternoon...it got really hot inside the tent...probably why Shane didn't take naps too well while camping and of course he didn't want to miss out on any of the fun.

Shane with Jason and Jo's little puppy Lilah. He loved giving all the dogs kisses and all the dogs would give him big kisses back.

Enjoying the beach.

Shane's favorite toy was a tractor that Ethan brought. He would make the best motor noises when playing with it!!

Josh brought a remote control car that was a HUGE hit with the kids, dogs and guys!! (Ethan, Xalen and Shane)

This is looking down from our tent site to the central location of our camping area. It was perfect because everyone had their own site and space around this, but then there was this huge structure that we could all hang out in and eat together.

The pool is fun even with out water in it (Shane and Xalen).

Jessica and Shane sitting in the rocking chair on the last day of camping.