After our visit with Emily we went camping with J's family in Pocatello, on Scout Mountain. First of all, it was a lot of fun, and we love camping in the mountains (MOUNTAINS, MOUNTAINS, MOUNTAINS!!) ..ok. I love the mountains. Second of all, it was great to see so much of J's family, and finally meet my new nephew Aldon (very adorable - looks like his momma). But - there is always a but - There were skunks. Bold skunks, who, on our first night there, assaulted our camp site, and ate all (almost all, tainted the rest of) our muddy buddies, not to mention other random bits. I heard them in the night, creepy noises and scuffling and screechy-screamy-growling bickering; but there was no way I was getting my tushy out of my warm blankets, out into the freezing cold (seriously, practically, if not literally, freezing) night, to attempt to scare off skunks. NOT HAPPENING. And J didn't even stop snoring, sooo.... then, the next night, they had the audacity to scurry up behind us, only about 4 feet away in the tall grass - J clapped his hands loudly, risking the spray of a frightened skunk, to make him waddle away without any damage. Stinkin skunks. Adventure, I tell you what.
Also, I need to add - bad camp site. I kinda get it, but the hosts there were ornery. I am not going to go into detail but the short version - my brother-in-law got chewed out just as he arrived, and the yelled at that he is not wanted here and can go camp elsewhere, because he was going too fast; accused of endangering children's lives (even though his 6 month old son was in teh car); after that debacle (there was more unnecessary yelling, and accusations and stereotyping, then J intervened - our hero- to calm them down); they came back to insist payment (which had already been discussed with them in detail; issues about how many vehicles we had there, even though they said we could have 3, and each additional car was $5 - then came later and told us, no, 2 cars, and the third is $5 - then sent the Fish and Game officers to us to make sure we weren't causing trouble, and that we had too many cars, and we needed to pay. GEEZ! WE went through this ALREADY!! They informed us 3 cars was being lenient and we were only supposed to have 2................BLEH. Then we paid, moved our cars, and stopped dealing with them. Come on...this is the most peaceful bunch I know - find someone worth your troubles to hastle!
Anyway. Love that family. So good to see them. Loads of fun, games and good food.
Also, I need to add - bad camp site. I kinda get it, but the hosts there were ornery. I am not going to go into detail but the short version - my brother-in-law got chewed out just as he arrived, and the yelled at that he is not wanted here and can go camp elsewhere, because he was going too fast; accused of endangering children's lives (even though his 6 month old son was in teh car); after that debacle (there was more unnecessary yelling, and accusations and stereotyping, then J intervened - our hero- to calm them down); they came back to insist payment (which had already been discussed with them in detail; issues about how many vehicles we had there, even though they said we could have 3, and each additional car was $5 - then came later and told us, no, 2 cars, and the third is $5 - then sent the Fish and Game officers to us to make sure we weren't causing trouble, and that we had too many cars, and we needed to pay. GEEZ! WE went through this ALREADY!! They informed us 3 cars was being lenient and we were only supposed to have 2................BLEH. Then we paid, moved our cars, and stopped dealing with them. Come on...this is the most peaceful bunch I know - find someone worth your troubles to hastle!
Anyway. Love that family. So good to see them. Loads of fun, games and good food.
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