4th of July SNAKE VALLY STYLE

To celebrate independence day the Jensen family went out to Snake Valley for the weekend. We had 19 people in all. We pitched tents at a campground in Baker and mom and dad rented a hotel room at the same place. Aunt Pam and uncle Steve came up from CA and met us there. We had SOOOO much fun.We went to Eskdale for the Independence day celebration and a high school reunion. With a high school that small there is just a one big reunion every 10yrs for everyone that has ever gone there. It was so fun to see old friends and be able to show my kids where I had so many good memories. Eskdale always has a great fireworks display and even though it was windy it was lots of fun.



We took a tour of the Lehman caves. Our group was big enough that we no one else was with us (not that anyone would have wanted to with 9 kids 12 and under). It also worked out that our tour guide was one of Julie's best friends from high school.
We also went to the warm springs. This warm spring truly springs up in the middle of the desert. It is so lush and green right around it. There is also a cave that you can swim into.

I put my camera inside a plastic bag so it would not get splashed but did not help the picture much:-)
Joe has a water proof camera so they got some great shots inside the cave!!
I drove the kids up to one of the salt flats and tried to explain how much fun we use to have having bonfires up there. They thought I was silly but they had fun hunting for lizards.
We had a blast spending the weekend in the same valley that the Jensen family lived for 15+ years.
We had no problems even though it did rain while we were camping and with that many people and little kids that is really saying something :-)

But just so the universe could stay happy when we were almost home Colby's had tire problems. The tread pealed right off and did some nasty damage to their car. Normally this could have been pretty bad but we had all just been where it was dirt roads, no shops and no tire stores so we counted our blessings that it waited till we were back into civilization :-)
We had tons of fun on our very full Independence Day weekend. God has and does still, bless America and all those who are blessed to live in this land!!!!