Camp Hendrix

Clay is off camping with the scouts this weekend at "Camp Hendrix", the house and property of one of the scout families. We went up after lunch today to hang out with them. When we got there they were across the street, at an uncle's house, swimming. It was hot and they were having a BLAST! Ben didn't bring a swimsuit, so he just jumped in wearing his shorts and a tank top.Afterwards everyone headed back over the Hendricks' place for dinner (we left and went out to eat...see the other post!) and camping and outdoor fun!

Ryan and Clay serve up spaghetti for the scouts and Venturers

Ben decided to finish the fire circle and began moving rocks down the slope. This one proved too heavy to pick up and he decided to push it down the hill.

Ron and Clay (notice Clay is as tall as Ron these days!)

Camp Hendrix....the house is beautiful and they have a wonderful piece of property with this cute little waterfall.

The Condo

I forgot to post pictures of our tent site from last weekend. We got a new tent and everyone got a kick out of us putting it together and how big it was.......

Maggie loved cuddling up on my sleeping bag!

Nature Shots

These are some shots that I took while we were hiking. My favorite is this last one of the little guy crawling up the tree!

King's Mountain Camping

We spent last weekend camping at King's Mountain with the scout troop.

We arrived on Friday night, set up camp (the condo for us!), enjoyed Ron's dutch oven dinner and then headed off to sleep in the wild.

Me and Wendy with the Venturers ( a segement of scouting for girls and guys)

Friday night dinner: Ron fixed brats and saurkraut in the dutch oven

One of those cool, watching-the-night-sky-enjoying nature shots!

Clay taught the "totin chip" on Saturday morning and Ben was able to participate. With Clay's help he practiced sawing, chopping with an ax and whittling. He thought he was such a big boy!

The boys and Maggie after breakfast.

After breakfast and a shower on Saturday, we hiked a little over 2 miles to the KM Visitor Center, where we watched a movie about the Battle of King's Mountain, saw a demonstration about Germans in the Revolution, and had a picnic.

Wendy and I took a little break on the trail. The sad part was that this area was severely burnt out. The funny part, all of the "hot chick" jokes the guys wanted to make!

Instead of hiking the historical trail, Ron and I hiked back to camp (saw a copperhead on the way!), prepped the steaks for dinner and napped. It was the best nap!

Who would have thought that $2 worth of plastic Revolutionary War solidiers could make one kids SO HAPPY?!? Ben LOVES his soldiers!

Maggie loved looking out the window after we napped.

And then, to her delight, she got to run around the campsite leashless while we snacked.

Clay tries to burn the string in the fire building competition.

Clay and Ron grilled awesome steaks for supper. Clay is just like his dad....a wonderful cook.

The cook finally gets to eat and has to share with his favorite little begger dog.

That evening we ate, watched the boys perform skits and had a wonderful time hanging out with our scout friends.

Ron and I are ready for the scout skits around the fire.