Flaming Gorge

Kevin and his good friend Darrin really wanted to go on a fishing trip. We decided to all go and making it a weekend camping trip. So Herrings packed up or 4 kids and Lewis' packed up Conner and we headed to Flaming Gorge.~Coco lounging in the car with daddy's Ipod~


Conner is a Dinosaur fanatic so our plan included a stop in Vernal at the museum.
The Utah Field House of Natural History was lots of fun. There was hardly anyone there so we could really take our time, relax and let the kids explore. The kids got to do the hands on stuff, and discover all the cool exhibits.
We all thought this display was fun. They had all these rocks in a little side room. They were all tagged with there names and they had some fun coloring but then...we turned off the lights
and they glowed. It was fun :-)

Along with all the displays inside you can go out side and there is a whole big yard filled with dinosaur replicas.The museum was fun, educational and perfect timing to give us a little break from driving as we headed to our camp site.

We camped at a place called Antelope Flats. It was appropriately named since there were antelope strolling along the edges of the camp site. We were close enough to the lake to walk but far enough away that we did not have to be on high alert about the kids.So after our first beautiful night it was time to FISH. Well Kevin, Darrin, Kevin Lee and Sarah went fishing. Joy, Nikki, Conner, Collette and Clark all head out to do a little shopping (purely to keep the little kids out the mens way of course). When we got back to camp we found some board kids and some bummed dads ~ NO FISH :-( We had lunch and then split up. Lewis' went for a drive and Herrings head back out to the water.
The little kids were very excited to get their chance to fish.

Clark found the universal "boys favorite toy" ~ A STICK!! ~ He called it his fishing poll and carried it around all weekend. He had endless fun playing with it and "catching fish". No one wanted tell him it was moss so we just cheered and clapped for him :-)
We had lots of fun playing in the water and once again headed back to camp.
And no matter how cute they all looked with the fishing gear still ~NO FISH.
We had another great evening. Darrin cooked a FABULOUS dutch oven meal for us. Chicken, biscuits and peach cobbler all in dutch ovens. The next morning there was a final attempt to turn this camping trip back into the fishing trip it was meant to be.They tried hard, lost lots of fishing hooks, floats, etc. but in conclusion.... NO FISH WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS TRIP..... not a single one.

We stopped for a tour of flaming gorge dam as we head back across it. It looked like it would be fun but mother nature decided we had not had enough water so it started to rain. BIG, FAT, HARD HITTING drops that soaked everyone in seconds. The tour across the top of the dam was suppose to last about 20 min. We ran it in about 2 and then headed into and down the dam.


At the bottom of the dam we got to feed the fish. It was crazy to watch the frenzy created when the food was doped in. We had fun even if we were all wet :-)

It was a cool perspective to stand on the dam and look to one side then turn and look to the other side.

We really had a fun weekend. We did not catch any fish but we had good friends, good food, nice weather (when camping) and lots of wonderful family time together.