A Camp trip to remember!

June 2013

Teton Canyon Camp trip

So we left town to begin our camp trip for the weekend and to enjoy the wonderful firework show in Driggs, ID at Huntsman Springs.  We were driving up Ski Hill rd and on Google maps it shows two roads for Teton Canyon rd.  I chose the first one.

As we drove down this skinny road, with trees and bushes on each side of us, with our campers, we came to a fence.  After deciding what we wanted to do, because the map shows the road goes on through and connects to the other one, we went to open the gate and this is what we were greeted with.

These horses did not want to move.  I honked my horn at them.  We pushed them.  We yelled at them.  They were the tamest horses I have ever seen.  After we go through, my dad and I walked down the road to make sure it was OK.  We discovered the the road dead ended and so we would have to turn around.  Upon walking back to the vehicles the horses were still surrounding the Tahoe.  I think that they though the camper was a horse trailer and that it was time to go home.

After getting turned around, we went to leave and Camille was going to keep the horses back and all of a sudden something spooked the horses and they ran off.

We finally got out passed the gate and back on the main road again.  We saw the sign that told us where the Teton canyon was.

 We turned down the road and drove for a few miles.  Then we ran into Ben and Paula and they said that the camp ground was full and that they had found a nice camping spot along the creek.  They said that they were going to check on another site but that their site was just up the road.  We turned where they said to turn and could not find their site.  My parents already had filled their water tank in the camper, but we had not.  So, we drove back to Driggs, to fill our water tank in the camper.  My birth mother, Liz, was meeting us in Driggs, so we met up with her at Broulims and  filled our camper with water and then headed back to Teton Canyon. We then met back up with my parents and drove down the  road to look for a camp spot. we turned on a side road that headed towards the creek. We found a nice spot there and decided to camp there and that we would find Ben and Paula's family in the morning.

I got up the next day and drove down the road to the boy scout campground to hike to the lake that was near by.  What a beautiful scene!

After that  I went and found Ben and Paula's campsite.  It is a good thing that we found a different spot, because we would not have been able to get the campers to theirs.

Later that day we went into Driggs to look at the stores and then we stopped at the creamery and had some ice cream.

We then went back to the camp to get ready for the, Huntsman Springs, Celebrate America event.
So we made it to the event and got all set up......wait let me rewind a little bit.
So a few weeks ago the people with the "Celebrate America" event had a photo contest for VIP seats at the firework show.  I WON!!!  This is the photo that won.

So we got to Huntsman Springs earlier that day and picked up my VIP passes.  With these passes I got VIP parking and VIP seating.  I was only supposed to have two seats but I was able to get all the family in that was there.  Let's see that was.....21 people!!!

While waiting for the show to start a micro burst came through and blew and rained on us for awhile.  The wind was nasty.  Blew really hard.  Everyone had to take down there shade tents and canopy's.  This lasted for about an hr and then the weather improved greatly and the wind was gone.

After the stage people got everything back together from the storm, The Huntsman's came on stage and said a few words and a slide show was done on a cancer survivor that was very touching.  Then the "Beach Boys"  came on stage and played.  What a great concert!

Now for the best part of the whole night, "The Celebrate America Firework show"!
About half way through the show, Lee Greenwood, came on stage and sang, "God Bless the USA"  Wow!  What an amazing, joyful, tearful, heart warming, performance.   I have never enjoyed fireworks like that.

WHAT A GREAT FIREWORK SHOW!!!!!!  THANK YOU SO MUCH HUNTSMAN'S SPRINGS FOR PUTTING ON THE ENTERTAINMENT AND FIREWORK SHOW.