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Moon Lake and an empty threat

This weekend has been a fun one.  We've had two birthday parties and I managed not to kill myself mountain biking this weekend.  Unfortunately, I must admit that I made a "Rookie mistake" and bit the dust once.  Besides a few scrapes and a bruised ego it was a great time.

However, I have had these pics of a camping trip to moon lake that I have wanted to post for awhile and thought is was about time I did it.  The funny thing is I received a threat that I shouldn't post any pics that were "unacceptable".  But what's the fun in that?  And besides, I like digging a hole for myself and getting in trouble from time to time . . .

For those of you who have not been to Moon Lake it is a beautiful place in the Uintahs.

I am actually lucky to have such good friends that have kind of adopted me into their family and take me on their family camping trip. I wonder sometimes if I'm the crazy uncle who gets invited but no one really admits to inviting them. The conversation would be like . . . "Uh, did you invite Charles" and the reply would be "No way, I don't know how he finds out about these things. Oh, here he comes . . . just smile"

Just the same it is really fun to go out and visit them. When Friday finally came it came too quick and I hadn't even packed when I had to go to work. So, I ended up arriving at the campsite at about 11 pm. After making two circles around the campground I was finally waved down by Holly. It was great to be there after a couple hours of driving!

Since I was so late I threw up my tent quickly, tried not to wake anyone else up including kids and went to bed.

In the morning, I was the first one up probably because I did not have kids to worry about. I started a fire and had Caden join me and keep me company for a little while.

This time I didn't have any food assignments except for snack (I know, how lucky is that) so I got to lounge around while breakfast was cooked by Dustin and Taska. The breakfast was exceptional!

A little at a time everyone came out . . .

Oh, and don't let me forgot this one . . .

After breakfast we all went fishing. Some went in a rented boat, some stayed with the kids and Dustin and I thought we'd tackle an adventure and walk about a mile (it definitely felt like it) to the damn to see if we could catch any fish. He had some luck but unfortunately for me the closest I got to a real fish was this picture

It wasn't a total waste.  I was able to take a picture of this snake.  Yeah, I know your jealous

But it was a great time. I hear there is another camp out planned later this month. Yeah, I think I'll show up . . .