Camping with the Ciavarros
Monday, August 10th, 2009
Heading out Friday Night to Manning Park!!!
The whole Family came along.
Stopped in Hope at McDonalds where we dinned with Alicia & Adam who were headingup to Meritt.
It took Chad 2 hours to put up this tent the first time he did it. This was his second attempt and he had to do it in the dark. Thankfully he had Ryan helping him.
I think this is how he recked his wedding band.
Damn you camp fire band!!!
Booze was the only thing we had to keep us warm since we weren’t allowed to have a fire.
Elise says this reminds her of Montana. I don’t think shes ever been to Montana.
Ryan McMuffin all the way!
Manning Wildlife.
Living the life at Lightening Lake.
Elise got a Bee Sting. We think anyways. Something attacked her and she was bleeding.
Local Pit Stop to get some Ice & Essentials.
No shade meant our camp site was a shocking 30 degrees in the middle of the day. Unbearable. You could actually feel the sun burning you. This is why we spent all our time at the lake.
I think he thinks he is a Rock Star.
Elise fell asleep like this. I think she was protecting her face from the bugs.
Skin Cancer? Ha, no chance…
Ryan fishing.
Love.
Burgers for Din Din.
I was so damn excited about these!
Ryan & Chad reenacting an awkward scene from the lake that morning that involved a naked 4 year old boy, an asian tourist, and a lizard.
Lantern Launch at Lightening Lake. The Pirate Ship caught fire and burned.
BEAGLE! I was so excited that I spotted this little guy, it was like I had spotted a celebrety.
Ryan then spent the rest of the trip trying to convince Chad not to buy me two Beagles. MEANIE!
So cold that Elise and I went to bed at 10 and the boys came to bed at 12. Such temperature extremes.
He clamed an animal came to visit us in the middle of the night.
Time to scrub the pits?
Our deoderant actually melted because the campsite got so hot, so we didn’t have any deoderant.
I always told Chad he reminded me of a bear.
Reading to us about England shipping chicks to Vancouver Island so they could be married off to the English Settlers.
Lazy Lakers
Extra gooey grilled cheese.
Under the Shade of a Dodge Ram.
I feel like we look White Trash here.
More time for reading.
The strippers gave them Ice.
Showing Elise the ways of the Italian Wife.
After days of listening to The Boneyard on Satellite Radio, Ryan thought it would be more appropriate to listen to Classic 40s Jazz while enjoying a romantic dinner of BBQ’d Chicken, Tortollini, and Ceaser Salad. Unfortunetly, that Sun & Smoky Bacon Chips had caused me to feel a bit under the weather and I was hungry as I wish I had been.
Ryans chair broke in about 5 places and this is how he tried to fix it.
Conn & Francesca joined us for the evening.
Clearly Elise is cold.
Broke again?
I think so…
That seems more sterdy.
The boys affectionatly named Ryan & Elises tent ‘The Love Nest’ and Chad & my tent “The Boneyard”.
We were technically suppose to be Ryan & Elises chapperons, since you know, they aren’t married yet, and are already ‘Vacationing’ together.
Anyone up for some expired Jiffy Pop? I should have video taped this whole thing. It wouldn’t pop, and then it burnt, and then it tasted like trash.
The final resting place.
All packed up and ready to hook up with the rest of the family.
Thank you suite 84 at the Hampton in Montana.
You served us well.
