On Friday we picked up Lilly (Sam was at youth conference) and drove to Duck Creek. There was construction up Cedar Canyon, so we were delayed for over an hour. It was almost 50 degrees cooler there than in St. George. We took Lilly to the Village and ate at Hot Mama's Pizza. She ordered Mac and Cheese and said it was the best she had ever eaten. We taught her to play Phase 10.
It was hard getting to sleep because we had noisy people in the camps around us....
On Saturday we tried to fish at Duck Creek, but it was so crowded. It was fun watching an Osprey swoop down and catch fish. Lilly was very patient but got bored after a couple hours so we left and went back to camp and played games and ate lunch.
When Sam got home from Youth Conference, Justin brought him and came up for the night. We all went into town and watched the parade. All the 4 wheelers, etc. get decorated up and throw out candy to all the people. It was fun to watch. Then we went back to camp and had dinner and made S'mores. We played games and then Justin slept in the tent and the kids in the trailer.
The next day we all hiked in to Aspen Mirror Lake. We fished for 4 hours and only caught 16 fish. It was very, very windy. We went back to camp and Justin and Sam tried to put up a zipline, but we needed a taller ladder, so it didn't work out. We played games and then Justin took Lilly on a hike to find her name on her tree. (He found one that had Lilly carved in it, but it was not the one we carved for her) A family in another camp made Cotton Candy and came around and gave some to all the kids in the campground! We had hot dogs for dinner, and then they packed up and left to go home. Doug and I played Scrabble and cleaned up and put everything away so we could go home in the morning.
Doug and I ate breakfast and we loaded up trailer and headed home. It was the 4th of July so we wanted to get home to have a bar b q or something, but on the way home we broke down. We were almost home. We were on the freeway and all of a sudden we lost power and the truck started smoking. Doug tried to steer it off to the shoulder. He got over as far as he could. I jumped out to get the fire extinguisher from the trailer, but we didn't end up needing it. The engine had locked up and we couldn't move it. ( I guess we had a slow coolant leak coming down the mountain, and we didn't know, and all the coolant leaked out...) We called AAA and they sent someone to tow the truck to the shop. We called our neighbor Devere, and he was kind enough to put his 5th wheel hitch in his truck, and come and tow our trailer home and even put it in our backyard for us. We are thankful it happened after our camping trip, and that we were almost home. It could have been a lot worse!!! That is the last time we drove the truck. We have had our truck for 16 years. Doug has ordered an engine for it, but we are going to sell it and get something different. He has been saving up for a new truck for a few years, so I guess the time has come!
