After a full day of driving to the mountains, taking in all the spectacular scenery, eating lunch at the drive-in, looking for gems, and touring the mine we headed to the campground and the little cabin we had rented for the night. We got settled in and David started a campfire. I had planned our entire dinner to be cooked on the fire.... we were having campers hash, corn on the cob and a grilled bannans recipe I found in a magazine that sounded yummy (and it was!). Hannah and I made up the hash packets, the banana packets and rolled the corn in foil. We had everything ready and David had a very nice fire going. Just as it was time to put everything in the fire the rain started and boy did it ever rain. The weather forecast had said that for the first time all week there was no rain in the area with the exception of isolated showers... well we must have been located in one of those "isolated" areas because we were hit hard. David got the small umbrella out of the truck and tried to protect the fire and managed to get the meal cooked. He was soaking wet by the time it was cooked. And would you believe the rain stopped as soon as the food was cooked. It poured the entire time he was cooking which was about 30 minutes and stopped as soon as he was finished. Everything turned out well. While David was cooking I took the opportunity to make "moon crater" cheese crackers. I had a magazine that had some fun things to do with kids in it and found this one using swiss cheese and cutting it into rounds and placing on a round cracker to talk about the moon and its craters. It was fun and educational. After dinner we played a game and then sat around the campfire until we were all ready for bed. We called it a night and we all slept so well in the cool mountian air. I can't believe I didn't take a photo of our little cabin. Oh well... it was cute!
Hannah showing off her moon crater cheese cracker
Poor David getting wet while cooking our dinner in a down pour
Playing a game after dinner
