Memorial Day 2012 Camping Trip to Mt. PrincetonSnug as a Bug

Snug as a bug! It was our first camper trip and it will be hard to go back to a tent!

Mt. Princeton Hot Springs. We rated it a 5 or 6.
The natural part next to the river was cool but the rest just looked like a pool.

The boys loved climbing on the rocks

Nick and Dre are just hanging out (waiting for Jake and Cade to fall on the rocks)

This was our beautiful fishing spot!

 And here are our fisherman (we are still holding out for our first catch!)

 Cade has the heart of a fisherman but not the patience yet. He is getting good at reeling it in.

Jake is getting awesome at casting! Still no fish yet.

 We had to take the line out of Nick's fishing pole after he captured Maggie and mom a couple times with his line! He doesn't seem to mind the line gone and just uses his pole as a sword half the time.

Maggie has a nice swim!

This is Cottonwood Hotsprings. This one was a little more natural (or greenie as Dre says). We gave it a 6. It could have been a higher rating if their prices weren't so high. The boys had a ball!

The little creek by our campground (duckie races on it later)

The larger creek by our campground was a favorite of the boys for running through and throwing rocks in.

The boys would probably tell you that the highlight of their weekend was getting to feed fish at the fish hatchery! They have one blue trout (very rare) and the boys thought that was cool. We made 2 trips to the hatchery and the boys loved every minute!

The boys each bought a duck for the duckie races at the campground. With about 20 kids that entered.....

The Ballards came away with a winner! 2nd place actually! His prize was $9.45 to spend at the campground store. He was very kind and bought his brothers a bag of lizards and some chocolate and himself a squirt gun....and some chocolate!

It was a great weekend! This summer we have a theme of hot springs(maybe fish hatcheries as well) and our next one is going to be Glenwood Springs!