Just because there are no trees... doesn't mean we can't camp!

We decided we needed to get away... we needed to regroup... we needed to do a family activity. So we decided to take a very "last minute" camping trip this weekend.

Due to lack of planning, we had to camp fairly close to home. We traveled about 60 miles outside of town to a local camp ground (I'm not posting the name of the camp ground for privacy reasons).

Now, I know I've said before we don't have many trees. Since I grew up in Oregon I'm use to lots and lots of green dense trees. But, none of that is here. Y es... this what we saw 59 of the 60 miles on the way to the camp ground...

Basically it's all desert and sage brush. We even saw lots of tumbleweeds coming down the highway. But alas, we found some grass and some trees. Our little "man made oasis" in the middle of nowhere. We pitched our tent and made ourselves a happy little home.
We kept ourselves busy doing lots of activities. One of favorites is fishing. We love this campground because it has a plethora of fish for the kids to catch. Bryant caught over 50 fish! Basically ever other cast he caught a fish. It was super fun to watch him. Zac even bought him an Ugly Stick (a good brand of fishing pole) that's not a "baby" pole. Bryant learned to flip the bale and cast himself this weekend. My little guy is growing up so fast...

Can you tell we were serious about fishing? Look at all those poles!

Zac and Bryant with the first catch of the night. A small mouth bass.

Bryant and his friend, Cooper, discussing their fishing strategy.

Now, I'll fill you in on another secret about why we chose this particular camp ground. It's famous for the giant 7-8 feet sturgeon fish. It's Zac's goal to catch a sturgeon at least once. Every time we've been camping there, someone has gotten a sturgeon... but never Zac. Hopefully this will be his summer.

This is what a sturgeon looks like. It takes hours to reel them in. It usually take 3-4 men to pick the fish up. Bryant thinks they are sharks. All I know is that they are UGLY!

Here's Bryant standing by a sturgeon pole. You can't tell how ginormous the pole is in this picture... but just think of the pole you would need to catch that 7 ft fish.

So the rest of the time we just entertained ourselves visiting with friends, making smores, etc. Bryant rode his scooter with Karsyn and Cooper. We also took them to the "beach" to cool off in the water. You'll find those pictures below:

And then the trip had to come to an end. We were all sad to leave... but Bryant had a total meltdown. He loves camping and didn't want to even get in the car. Gee... look below, can you tell by the look on his face?