Merry Christmas

We are spending Christmas at the Imperial Dam Recteation Area near Yuma Proving Grounds. Visiting two different work camping friends in the area. It’s a beautiful area with interesting people. Similar to Quartzsite, AZ. 

Christmas morning breakfast!

Our campsite over Christmas. 

It has been a really fun time! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 

Fathers Day and June Birthdays

We are really lucky with the children area of our life. We were able to spend Father’s Day and celebrate June Birthdays with our twin sons and two of our grandsons. Steak and dad’s macaroni salad were on the menu. Lee cooked the steaks and the rest of us ate and enjoyed the fun times. We had s’mores for desert  

Hello Again

We are camp hosting this summer in Colorado!  Lots of news and updates. We are working at: https://cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/parks/JamesMRobbColoradoRiver/Pages/IslandAcresCamping.aspx 

We bought a used Toy Hauler and are selling our 5th wheel. We think it will be a better fit for us so we can take our side by side with us on our camping trips. 

Its beautiful here and much cooler than the heat in AZ. 

Deer Hunting

Made it home, unpacked, cleaned up everything and repacked for hunting. Found a lovely campsite and Laton hunted hard for several days but ended up empty handed. No deer sightings. Such a lovely sunset. 

Scouting for Deer

We scouted out Unit 19a in Arizona, near Prescott, AZ. We found the cutest little community called Cherry off of I-17 and Hwy 169A. No deer but lot of dirt road driving! 

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Isn’t this a wonderful picture? The smoke is finally starting to clear and the air is fresher!

Continuing our relax theme…

I thought I would share a terrific picture of our relaxed Major!

Relax

If you need a break, plan a visit with us! Check out Angel Creek USFS Campground here in NE Nevada. 

https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/htnf/recarea/?recid=65732

Gobble Gobble

Check out the wild turkeys that are hanging around the campground. 

Angel Lake

Angel Lake USFS campground is 2,000 feet higher than us and 4 miles further up the road. It has a beautiful alpine lake stocked with fish and some wonderful hiking trails and access to more lakes. Laton and I were getting it ready to open on Friday and I had a chance to take a picture or two of the surrounding mountains. 

More Laughing With Flowers

The camp sites and fields around are just blooming with color!

Rocky Mountain Iris (part of the Asparagus family)

Arrowleaf Balsamroot (AKA Oregon Sunflowers)



Common Chokecherry ( part of prunus family, peaches plums and cherries) very bitter fruit but edible. 

Thomas Canyon

We had a meeting at Thomas Canyon, about 100 miles away, and it was fun and informative meeting up with other camp hosts and seeing a different campground. 

Thomas Canyon USFS Campground

Here are some great pictures from our day trip. The campground has the prettiest stream flowing through it and many sites at water edge. 

In the spotlight!

Our pretty little campground is this years spotlight for the company we are working for!

Check it out!

https://www.sceniccanyons.com/post/campground-spotlight-angel-creek

Major

Our Major is very happy! He looks a little grumpy in this picture. Backstory-Laton wouldn’t let him chase the wild turkeys!

Getting Settled

We have arrived and are settling in here at Angel Creek Campground. The campground opens 5-7-21but we opened the gates tonight (it is now 5-6-21) and have one couple in the campground. The water was just turned on 5-5-21, the sites are all clean and bathrooms are sparkling. We worked hard today. If you are passing through please stop and say HI! 

Snow on the mountains and Angel Lake above is still closed. 

We heard wild turkeys gobbling away the last three days. 

Family

We had a great evening around the campfire at  Island Acres State Park. We had tacos, and played poker. I kicked butt and cleaned out Steve and Biba of their nickels and dimes. Steve asked me to make Calico Rice, a family camping favorite. 

Calico Rice

Create an aluminum foil bowl. I always layer my heavy duty foil in a cast iron skillet that can go on the campfire. 

1 can of Veg-All mixed vegetables

1 small box of minute rice 

1 pkg ( 2-3 cups) of shredded cheddar cheese

1 small onion, chopped

2-4 tsp butter

Salt and pepper to taste

In aluminum bowl, dump the undrained veg-all, using can as measuring cup, add 2 cans of rice, 2 cans of water, then add in onions, cheese, salt and pepper, mix and add butter in dollops to top. Cover with foil, set on BBQ or campfire and heat until water is absorbed and cheese is melted. 

Enjoy!

A Better View

Check out the next day’s view and weather. Much better. We so enjoy this campground. Very few neighbors, quiet and a good stopping point when we travel to Grand Junction, CO. 

This is near the Hole In The Wall near MoB, UT. 

Happy Trails

We are getting ready to hit the road again. We will be camp hosting again in Wells NV at Angel Creek USFS campground. Stay tuned for our updates. We are so ready to be out and about again! 

ANGEL CREEK LINK

On the Road Again

We are heading to City of Rocks, north of Deming, NM. One of our favorite places to dry camp. The rocks are stupendous. click here to check out our destination! Keep following for updates on our little adventure!

I’m BACK!

I have been such a slacker about blogging! I’m going to do better! No, really! Laton and I have been busy this summer. 

In May, Laton gave me a birthday trip to Reno, NV to visit our friend Angela! What a fun time! Took the trailer and the dogs. Spent a couple days with our nephew Alan and his wife, Kirsty in Chico, CA. 

Later in the summer we drove to Grand Junction, CO. We met and camped with our son Stephen Hammond and his girlfriend, Biba. We visited with Ty and Debbie, workamper friends. Ty helped Laton fix the air conditioning in our truck. We are so excited to have AC once again.  

The end of August, I flew to Reno and spent 5 days with Angela while Laton went camping on the Rim with the dogs. He picked me up at the airport and took me camping for another week at the Rim. Our good friends, Jennifer and Rob joined us for the week. Lee, Sarah, and son, Ethan joined us for Sunday and Monday. It was a wonderful time.