"Camping"

This past weekend we decided to go camping with my brother and his family. It was just going to be Brian, Eliza, Ellie and Hattie. Then a couple days before Libby said she would be comfortable with a bathroom camping, so we all decided to go. The day of, it started raining up north. We decided to go anyway, but instead of set up camp in the rain, we opted to get a hotel in Flagstaff. My brother Brian and his family had already been camping for a night, but they still packed up and got a hotel in Williams for the night. So that is why we called it a "campout." The room had a "kitchette" (they called it that, but it was a microwave and fridge), so we heated up the dinner we were going to have camping (hot dogs and soup), Brian took them swimming in the "heated" hotel pool, then we had microwave s'mores.


The next morning we met up with Brian and family and went to Bearizona in Williams. It's a drive-thru wildlife park. We saw quite a few animals up close as we drove through. At then end we could get out and see two bear cubs and three wolf pups. The kids had fun there.







From there we drove down the 89A to Sedona. We first stopped to get wet in the creek. We found a little pull off with a place to swim. The problem was that the water was FREEZING. It was probably 30 degrees! I put my toe in and that was enough for me! Brian and most of the kids got in and had fun even though they said it didn't get any warmer the longer you swam. I enjoyed watching them though!




We drove further into town and had lunch, then headed home from there. Even though it wasn't what we planned, we still had a great time. Eliza was not happy that we weren't camping (she was the one who wanted to go camping originally), but I think she saw it at a blessing. She ended up with a migraine that night and was very glad to be close to a real bathroom (me, too!). It was a good lesson to learn that Heavenly Father knows what He is doing and knows what we need long before we do!