I split this from a 2-fer trip report so I'd know where it is, and of course with twin granddaughters it deserved it's own TR (Trip Report)
For the Gramping Trip, I'd wanted to camp overlooking the Bruneau Canyon and River. We headed south almost to the Nevada border with Idaho and took a two track road east Jesus through the middle of nowhere.
The girls wanted a view from the top of the camper before I ran up the top. Pigtails and ponytails is the name of the game.
Sure glad Lynn held my bear so I could take this picture. Ok both bears, there's 2.
The thin ribbon of the Bruneau River on it's way to the Snake.
A serious question coming on. Do ALL girls naturally know how to pose?
I asked Parker why she had her finger out. She said she'd seen a butterfly and was waiting for it. The butterfly never came back so I gave her one.
Every now and then I get a great picture, one that really means something to me. This is one.
Lynn/Grandma watches while they play, having forgotten the view.
Evening shadows were adding that extra dimension to the landscape. If a shadow appears on the land but there is no one to see it, is it really there?
Do girls just naturally know how to pose? I pose the question again.
Six years old and already stretching out.
What a great place to pull out the Benjamin pump pellet gun.
Then to try the kite. The wind wasn't that great but we gave it the old kindergarten try. Lets not rush college ok?
The scenery to the south and west of us...not so much. Yet the beauty is still there, along with the silence.
A horse a horse, my kingdom for a horse.
Parker took a real interest in just about everything that trip, and became the expert.
She was even wanting to know how to use a topo map, so I showed her where we were.
Then she showed me where to go, as if it was the first time a girl ever did that.
With absolutely no destination in mind for the next night we hit the highway and maybe 50 yards away on the other side was another dirt road heading west, we took it. It's a total blast to just drive out into the open country and take your chances on where to end up. With our little home on wheels it can be fun almost anywhere. Taking several branches of that road we found a small copse of trees, it was perfect.
Parker was so excited she levitated, while Zoe kept at least one foot on the ground.
The wind was up, my kite not so much. Yes ol Baba can nosedive even a Miñion kite.
The girls were natural at it though, and had a great time.
Go little Miñion! I named him Dom. Dom Miñion, of the skies.
Zoe took the two handed approach and had him doing barrel rolls.
Even Grandma got some fly time.
There were no other trees around for the miles that we could see, I felt fortunate to have stumbled onto them as a camp spot.
Afternoon shoot time. It was funny too, that Parker told me she liked me in my cowboy hat and that particular shirt. What 6 year old says that to her Grandpa? I told Lynn I was going to wear that every time they come over, 110º in the summer or not.
Parker has gotten real good for a young gal, I see a .22 in her near future...if her Mom lets it happen.
Parker shows us a huge ant hill. It was incredible to watch those tiny things climb that hill with small twigs 5 times their size. Nothing stopped them from piling on the twigs, must have been a room addition going on.
A little goof time happened. Zoe had started the trip not feeling so great and so didn't participate in things like usual. It was good to have her back up to speed and in a few pictures.
Many people don't get an oven when they order a camper, instead doing with just a range or a microwave plus range. We didn't get the microwave option but stayed with the traditional range and oven for so many reasons including Grandma's homemade pizza.
And yes, we have too much fun, if there is such a thing.
There may be a fire pit where we camp but we don't use them. We prefer our little homemade grill/fireplace for several reasons. We cook on it using a grill, then remove the grill and go to the fire. I can close the lid if it gets windy plus can either bag the ashes in the morning or dig a hole for the small amount, no one would ever know we camped there.
Morning gave us a Godwink, a punctuation to another fabulous trip. Thank you God.
My other Sunshine
It was time to be off, going home with more great memories to be added to the collection.
Thanks for reading, we'll see you again on some backroad...
Bonus Pics, oh yeah, of course they are of the twins
We were heading to look for Shoofly Oolites and stopped to check out an old cemetery.
What a name right, Shoofly Oolites. Oolites are a rock formation made of Ooids hah, very very small round rocks made round by wave action from inland seas millions of years ago. And they happen to be found near Shoofly Creek, hence Shoofly Oolites!
Very rough in texture they make for great climbing for kids, not being so tall as to be deathly from a fall.
And there in Ooid sand we found fossilized sea shells, it was very cool.
Ok, that's it!
Well, we did go out the next weekend with the Girls to look for Thunder Eggs, stay tuned...
