Lloyd Family Reunion

This past weekend was my Lloyd Family Reunion. It was at Solder Camp ground in Idaho. We left around 3 pm on Friday, the trip wasnt very long but always annoying to drive that far. My parents on the way had car troubles the water pump in my dads truck which he had just replaced the week before broke and they had to get a new one. So we stopped by and saw them and made sure they were doing alright, picked up the stuff they were bringing for my sister Liz, then headed back on the road. We got to camp and couldnt find our spot any where cause we didnt realize that my parents had a serperate place then every one else but luckly we found it quickly. It only took us about 45 min to get every thing set up (the tent and air mattress).

 Then we waited for my sister Liz and her husband Tim and their kids Sariah (9) and Sam (4). They had a new tent so we helped them put it up. It was a pretty big tent it had a closet in it and the door had poles in it so that it was heavier and wouldnt be annoying like most tent doors can be. It started to get really dark so we closed up the car and then realized that we locked our keys in the car, we decided that we were just going to worry about it tomorrow. We decided to go to bed when my parents showed up. We didnt think that they were going to make it that night so we were way shocked that they did. It took about an hour to talk to them get the trailor in the right spot and then go to bed.

So normally when you go camping you have to worry about it getting cold at night. This night was not like this it was so hot I couldnt sleep. I slept out side of my sleeping bag most of the night. I infact didnt even use my sleeping bag because I let our dog Rupert use it and when I started to get a little cold I cuddled with my husband.

We had to make breakfast in the morning and the stuff for it was in our car so we woke up bright and early to get the car unlocked. Our car is one of the ones that they make it so you cant use a hanger or a slime jim in. So my dad had to get a hanger and open the door. It took about an hour or more. I was so greatful that my dad was there because we wouldnt have been able to do it. My dad is a genuis with a hanger!

That day we played Bingo and I won a woppy cousion for Ben. Then we went on walks to this outlook place it was so beautiful. We didnt get to take pictures of it till the next morning because our phones were dead. We took a nap or tried to cause this day was HOT! I tried to take a nap for about an hour and then gave up. Around dinner time it started to thunder and lightning. It was raining for a little bit and then it got really bad there were tarps over the picnic table and they dumped water all over every body. Ben my family and me all ran back to our camp site they went into the trailor and we went to our car. It was a good thing to because then it started hailing and they were like golf ball sized hail balls I thought at first it was maybe going to break one of the windows. It got so went that there were puddles of water every where you went. It didnt get our tent to much so that was good. We went back up to eat food and it was a flood zone they had trences and they had to dig down under the rail way wood blocks and make a place where it would empty out to so it wasnt all around the picnic tables. During dinner the wind started to pick up agian and it dumped water all over my Aunt Wanda who is blind. They rushed her to there camper so she could change. After this we stayed in my parents trailor and watched movies. Then went to bed.

The next morning we took some more walks, cleaned up camp said goodbye to people and went home. We had such a great weekend!!

This is when we were trying to stay out of the rain so we got in our parents trailor.

This is how tall the trees were. They were so tall you could really tell where the sun was.