2010 Plans!

Ok, It's January 2010. It's time to plan the mandatory 3 camping trips for this year. Here is the "FOR SURE" trip: The Whetten/Hatch family reunion in SoUt this summer. We are really excited for this. It is in June. The big deal here is that its in a place I've never been. The other real good thing is it's a huge group of folks. It's Stacy's Dad's family. This includes his older brothers (half-bro's different Mom), that we don't socialize with as much. I'm excited to get to know them better. A lot of them have older kids so it's good for my kids who usually have no one to hang out with because their cousins are much younger. I don't know for sure who's all coming but there is a lot so having stuff to do won't be an issue. Next is the Bill Whetten family campout. I'm not sure that the above trip is replacing it this year or not, but I think that we are still doing it. This year we are going to the rim area of Arizona but I'm hoping that it's below the rim (this will help us avoid the freezing cold wind). It should be later in the summer too. Last year we went in early June and everyone was cold. So let's hope we go back to our Late July time frame. The last trip that is tradition is the Ben (me) Johnson family trip over the Memorial day weekend. We had a blast (to me) last year at west clear creek. We incorporated a hike in it as well. I enjoyed the time and the sleeping. I think I averaged 2 or 3 naps a day for 3 days. We ate like kings and the kids played and enjoyed each other! We had a great hike that was hard but worth it. I hope we can find a few places to choose from this year too. The plan here is to switch places each year. 2008 we went to Knoll Lake and that was fun too. We'd like to someday go to the black river in Eastern Arizona however it is just too far with so many of us for just two nights. So any ideas let me know.

We also would like to get another campout in this summer. If you are planning one and have a good idea or would like to plan one let me or Stacy know and we'll probably be interested.