Dam Good Day

On Tuesday night we decided that we still needed more fish for Wednesday's dinner. Most of us were fished out so Seth and Alyssa got up at 6:00 on Wednesday morning to go catch enough for dinner. They came back with plenty of fish and rumor has it that Alyssa caught most of it. Go Lyssa!

When our fishermen came back we went back to the Flaming Gorge Lodge for lunch. We were camping about 30 minutes from the lodge and it was the only place nearby to eat so if we didn't want to cook it was our only option. Thankfully the food was pretty good.

We fed the fish in the little pond and went to the mini museum at Red Canyon. The kids wanted stuffed animals. We have a zillion so Seth said no way, but Grandpa was happy to oblige.

I was taking a picture of the view through the window of the museum and laughed when I saw Alex's Angry Bird shirt reflected in the bottom corner. If you look closely you can also see his face blended in to the rock.

In this one I told them to say, "Grandpa's a sucker" with the souvenirs they swindled out of him, so the girls are laughing and looking off to the side at Grandpa.

Next we were off to look at the Flaming Gorge Dam and they had a tour ready to start so we signed up on a whim. I am glad we did because Alex loved it. He is absolutely fascinated by the things that people can build and create.

We started out on the water side of the dam so you can't see much of a wall.

But Alex's eyes almost popped when we got to the other side and he realized how big it was!

We got to ride that elevator in the middle of the structure right down to the bottom where we fed the fish that swarmed around in the Green River. That's where Alyssa and Seth should have been fishing!

Our group at the bottom of the dam, with the Green River behind us

After our tour we returned to camp and ate our super fresh and yummy fish and followed it with s'mores and more good times around the camp fire.

Alex working on some Jiffy Pop

Our fish attracted some fruit flies for some reason and they would not get away from Tony's face for a couple of hours so here he is warding them off.

And Miss Chloe Ann with her namesake, Grandma Ann

This was our last night at camp. It was a short trip, but a good one. I am used to touristy go, go, go vacations and since we were in the boonies we had a lot of time to just hang out and enjoy each other. Thanks Ann and Tony for bringing the trailer up and for all the good memories.