Blown Away at the First
Magic Valley Hands & Voices Family Campout
We decided to try something a little different and
schedule a family campout. Early June
not being the best of times (but seemingly the one time when a few families
might be able to make it) we advertised it as "weather
permitting." In the end it came
down to two families, the Irwins and the Crams, and Jim Irwin had last-minute
work responsibilities for the weekend, and the Crams a funeral to attend late Saturday
morning. We "down-sized" from Magic
Reservoir to a shorter drive and quick overnighter to Thorn Creek Reservoir
north of Gooding.
It was a good beginning-of-summer shake-down cruise for
both parties. The wind BLEW. We "circled the wagons" and
achieved a relatively calm spot for roasting marshmallows, at the cost of the Crams'
tent trailer's windward side, which started to give way at the seams. The tent trailer came down, and we managed to
find alternative sleeping quarters for all, waking up to a lovely calm (but not
for long) morning and delicious breakfast cooked by Chuck Cram.
We hope this is not the last family campout! Despite Mother Nature, we enjoyed some time
away and parent-to-parent gab and a bit of fishing. Let us know if you'd like to come next
summer, and we will attempt to schedule it better.
Micah Cram makes sure our fire is OUT--the wind was starting to blow again!