2018-09-04

North Leigh Creek/Tetonia camping/biking/family reunion

By the time it reached August and we hadn't de-winterized the trailer, we decided we needed to remedy the situation by going camping. We found out we had an Egbert family reunion the same weekend we had planned to go, so we found a beautiful site that would allow us to do both.

On Thursday, August 2 we hauled the trailer up to North Leigh Creek and found a great spot to park it. We got everything set up and went to bed.

The next day, we spent a good deal of time tracking down the right place for us to get on the Ashton to Tetonia Rail Trail, then decided to go the opposite way we had been planning on so we could have the wind at our backs. We started in Tetonia and ended up just north of the Bitch Creek Trestle, biking about 10 miles.

Seth pulling Winnie in the Weehoo with Bekah in the background. 

 Riding across a bridge.

At the Bitch Creek Trestle. 

 Seth and Andrea selfie.

We spent some time playing in the creek before dinner.

 Analee and Winnie in the creek.

Then played some games as a family.

Our trailer and the family gathered around the card table. 

 Another angle. Winnie used the target as a little table to go with her little chair.

 Both Bekah and Seth took turns grabbing my camera and taking pictures.

Winnie shot the whistling styrofoam arrow. 

 Seth blowing on Miriam's stomach.

On Saturday, we spent some time shooting stumps before we loaded up the trailer and pulled it back in to Tetonia for the reunion.

Winnie shooting at her own imaginary targets while Seth points out the next target to Rebekah. 

 Seth with his bow.

Rebekah with hers. 

We parked the truck and trailer at the church and took the van to the Egbert homestead for lunch and a tour of the house my great-great-grandfather built.

Analee climbing one of the trees in the front yard. I climbed the same trees when I came to the reunions as a kid.

We also drove through the dry farm that my great-grandfather owned and made a stop at the Cache-Clawson cemetery before calling it a day and heading home.