Pine Valley, UT Camping Trip

My hubby planned this camping trip with some friends that he works with. They suggested Pine Valley for it's beauty, fishing and trees. I was hesitant but of course I wanted to go. The only condition was that there would be NO SNAKES. So everyone told me they don't have snakes...for months they said this. Then on the day we were leaving all I hear are sarcastic remarks about how there are no snakes. I'm sure my man told everyone to lie so I'd agree to go. Whatever!! I had a great time and so did our girls! The only bad part was sleeping on the hard ground - even though we brought a feather mattress. Everything else was great! I loved it and can't wait to do it again. We left Friday around noon and stayed till about 2 Saturday. It was nice to get out of the Vegas heat and cool off!

The drive through the Virgin River Gorge is gorgeous
I handed him the camera to take pictures of the mountains, not the cars!! Men...
Pine Valley - isn't it beautiful! It's only about 2 hours from Vegas. So worth the short trip!


He's in heaven. He'd just sent the tent up and I made hot dogs for dinner.
Our girl's new friend - we're so glad she came along! The girl's all had a great time!

No one fought or cried the whole time!
Sitting around camp

Walking to the lake

She was trying to catch something with her net
New friends
The lake

The view on the other side of the lake
The stream
We walked down to the bottom and got attacked by mosquitos

She got bit on the head by a mosquito so we headed back up to get more bug spray...and didn't go back down!

Pretty sunset
So you see the deer? I think it's butt is towards the camera...T spotted this on the way back from the lake
And we spotted these cows chillin' on the side of the road!
Mooooo -ve outa my way! We're eatin' here!
There were horses everywhere but this was my favorite. Such a pretty color!

When we got back to camp that night we all made Smore's - yum! And then the clouds came rollin' in, the lightning crack and thunder rolled! It was perfect timing, we'd just all finished our desserts when it started pouring so we all got in our tents and stayed in for the rest of the night.

The next morning we headed back to the lake to fish. It was her first time and the first good cast she had she caught a fish!! Great job baby! That afternoon we went to another lake with different fish in it and she caught two blue gills there!
Shane gutted it
I BBQ'd it
Cooking a fish over a firepit - Survivor here I come!

This was one of the houses in Pine Valley that was just amazing
This was the other lake we went to
Everyone's looking for crawfish

All we found were babies
He caught a blue gill - can you see it?
My man only caught baby fish the whole time...he'll make up for it in IL in a few weeks!
This lake was a bit bigger

She's out!!

We all didn't sleep very well and got up at the crack of dawn - so on the way to St. George the girls passed out! We stopped in St. George and ate at Cracker Barrel - YUM!! Then we headed home - Daddy and Big Sissy fell asleep on the way home - Baby Sis was a trooper and stayed awake with Mommy!

I think I did really well for my first adult/mother camping trip. The girls loved it so we'll definately be doing it again. Next time we'll be a little more prepared!