Camping

A few weeks ago Ben and I went on our first camping trip of the year and together. It was so much fun and reminded my of camping with my dad when I was little.

Friday afternoon we loaded up the truck and headed to Rampart. I do not recall ever going there. It was very pretty.

We set up the green canvas tent. Inflated the air matteress and set up the bed for the weekend. In the middle of the night Ben realized I was rolling into him and forcing him off the mattress. We changed the direction of the mattress which made it a little better. The second night we tried a different direction which was a disaster but we made it through the night. Gomer ended up with half the bed - at least he slept good.

Saturday we went fishing at Rampart Lake where I caught myself in the back of the head. Ben's dad was the only one to catch fish there. Later we went to Spiney Reservoir, Ben and his dad both caught a couple but they did not meet the length requirements - the fish need to be 20". Ben caught a nice 17" trout. He let me reel one in so I could say I caught something.

Sunday before we headed home, we went to Manitou Lake outside of Woodland Park. It was very crowded. It is more of a family fishing hole. We had a few bites but did not catch anything. I did manage to cast into Ben once and caught his dad's line a few times. I am such an awesome fisher - NOT.

We will be going to Taylor Park in the next couple of weeks. This time we will go with the rest of his family and will have the boat with us. Should be fun.