Camping Trip...

Brian and I went camping last weekend in Alpine with his sister, her husband, and his sisters friends family. We had a great time. Everyone was so gracious and I appreciate everything that Brian's sister and brother-in-law did for me and for having me come along. I got some reading in and we roasted marshmallows (my favorite). It was in the 70's for the high and the 30's for the low. I was freezing the first night and therefore Brian and I took a 4 hour nap on Saturday afternoon. The second night I slept great but we woke up at 4:00 am on Sunday. We were supposed to wake up at 5:00 am in order to leave no later than 7:00. We wanted to get home by 12:00. Brian set his cell phone alarm for 5:00 and we woke up, took everything down, ate, packed up and left. We were driving away and his sister said, "why does my clock say 5:40"? Brian looked at his cell phone and it said 6:40. We realized then that where we were camping was technically in New Mexico and his cell phone automatically set to New Mexico time. We really woke up at 4:00 Arizona time. The entire weekend we thought it was an hour later because we were all going by Brian's cell phone time. HA HA!! I have been officially invited to Brian's family reunion at the end of July. They go camping for 4 days. I absolutely love being outdoors in the fresh air and it is good to be back doing it again! The air was full of the smell of pine and oh so clean. We were at about 10,000 feet. It was SO quiet and peaceful. The moon and stars were breathtaking. Brian's sister got the best pictures because she has a great camera but here are some that I took. Click to enlarge.

I took this picture just inside Alpine at a gas station:

Brian, on our way up. We rode in the back of his sister's truck:

Soon after we got there. I thought the trees were so beautiful. Brian's sister Shelly, and brother-in-law Eric, are in the pic:

Our beautiful fire that kept us warm:

Brian and Leslie. Daughter of Shelly's friend:

Me and Kinzey. Daughter of Shelly's friend. I thought we were cute cause we were both wearing pink and brown! (My jacket had a hood too, lol)

Our tin foil dinners. Mine was the only one that puffed up!:

Kinzey fell asleep on Brian. She fell asleep on me a couple of times too! Sweet kids.

Kinzey in her pink and brown:

Our chairs around the campfire:

The sun coming through the tall pine trees almost looked like an image from a Twilight movie! I could almost see Edward and Bella flying through the trees.

I like my marshmallows burned but these looked like muffins:

An awesome view on the road:

Some of the many deer we saw on the trip:

"I love you without fear, I trust you without restriction, I want you without demand, and I accept you how you are".