Saturday, 25th
Here we are just starting off. It is 10:06. We are taking the van, which has the twins, Jay, Dad, and Abby, the car, which has Tess, Rase, Elle, and Mom, Ben's pickup which has Anne,  Eric, and Ben, and finally, Joe's pickup, with Joe, Duke, and myself. We are plans are for Joe's pickup to go to the gas station, the van goes to McDonalds to get us brunch, and the car and Ben's pickup goes to Wal-Mart to get some last minute stuff. All these places are in L-----. Then, we will rendezvous at Dad's work, then head out to the mountains!

10:40 Just entering L-----. Joe just got out and is filling his tire with "free air".

10:53 Getting gas, now. Just filled up on free air. Saw a pickup that would have been cool if it hadn't of had a short box! Saw another guy with a cowboy hat in a VW van! LOL Yes, I know I am crazy for mentioning these.. but the were to funny not to mention.

11:30 We are at Dad's work... ate our hamburgers and now are leaving.

11:43 Just entered and just left R-------. Duke's head is on my lap, sleeping!

11:45 I think we just went through a tiny town.. not sure, though!

11:48 In J-----. Will be out again in a minute. We have seen 3 deer so far, and 1 was road kill.

11:55 Went through B---. Duke is still on my lap! See the mountains ahead. Beautiful!

12:05 Passing through R-----. 13 milkes till RL. Duke just got off my lap. The weather is getting cooler, and I have seen some remnants of snow drifts.

12:15 Entering RL. When we got 2 feet of snow a few weeks ago, RL got 4!

1:20 Here we are in ------ National Forest. Actually, we have been here for about 20 minutes. We passed through L------ already... of course! Mom, Joe, and Dad are going down in the car to the "hole" (our old camping spot from last year) to see if we should camp there. We are, right now, at our normal spot in the big meadow. I got some pictures of deer in L------, and the scenery.
I just heard Dad say we are staying here.

5:10 Us kids broke out some of our surprises for Mom and Dad's anniversary, which is on the 27th! Ritz, Triscuits, cheese whiz, summer sausage, and sparkling red grape, white grape, and apple cider. We still have two more surprises!
We have a fire going. Earlier we went wood hunting. We're having steak and potatoes for dinner late.. nobody is hungry right now.

7:55 We ate our charcoal on the outside raw on the inside steak and potatoes. LOL Then us kids broke out our last surprise, Ding Dongs! The stupid heater isn't working. Arg! See ya in the morning, unless something interesting happens.

8:15 Dad's about to read a Pat McManus. Good night!


Sunday (first day of hunting season), 26th
6:22 Dad, Ben, Joe, Emily, and Katie just left in Ben's pickup to get to their stands. I think Eric left already for his spot. He walks there. Anne and I are waiting a while because it is still an hour till we can shoot. I am taking my notebook and pen  to my stand, so I can write how cold I am. :P
I had a delicious pumpkin chocolate chip muffin for breakfast, with a cup of icey water. The nozzle of the water just was frozen shut so Joe took it off.
This morning we were rather cold, since we couldn't get our heater to work. Right now, we are using a burner to heat.
Elle was quite the spark plug this morning. We woke up at 4:30, or, at least, those of us who weren't awake by then. It was sleeting.
We are hoping Ben will get an elk today, 'cause he has to go back home this noon to go to work. He will be back later this week, just before we go home. Today is the opening day of hunting season, so we are expecting to see lots of people driving past.
It is really funny seeing myself in my hunting suit, because I look quite large!

1:00 Ben and Eric just got back to camp from walking all over tarnation. On their way back to camp, they both shot a deer each! Eric first, with a doe, then Ben, a few minutes later, with a buck! Ben has to leave in a few minutes. I really want to go walking later. Walking is my favorite way of hunting.
Earlier we went around the loop after sitting at our stands. Mine was quite cold.

7:30 Back at camp from the evening hunt. Joe got a doe! I was freezing in my stand by 5:20! We left for our stands about 3:30. When I was getting quite col, I counted to 2000. Later, when I told Joe, he thought I was crazy! It took my mind off of being cold, anyway. I left my stand about 6:00, and walked to Anne's. stayed there for 10 minutes, then we slooowwwlllyyy walked to the gate, which normally would have taken 10-15 minutes, took us 25!
We've got a roarin' fire going.

9:45 Mom and the little kids left. They're headed back home. Duke is with them.

Monday, 27th (I didn't really write on this day, but I wrote about it on Tuesday)
It was pretty cold in the morning, but by noon, it was HOT! I had to take off all my layers! It started getting cold about 5:00.
Nobody got any deer. Emily saw a bear, though, and Eric and I saw a moose. The moose that I saw was pretty small for it's kind, but large for an animal!

Tuesday, 28th
7:05 Eric and Joe just left the camper. Ben got here at 2:15, and went to the boys camper to sleep. I'll write in a bit after I walk to my stand.

7:30 Ok, here I am, at my stand. A pickup just drove by. I am rather close to the road. I am hoping I'll see something besides magpies, crows, squirrels, and these little annoying insects that if you touch them, they die! I just put my big suit on. T'was getting a bit chilly. I might write later

Later Tuesday The Game Warden was here. Checked the tags on the boys' deer. Needless to say, they were all fine. This is the first time we have seen the Game Warden in this forest!

Wednesday, 29th (I didn't actually write on this day, so I'll just write a review of what happened that day)
Wednesday morning I sat at Eric's stand. It wasn't as nice as I had hoped for. The position I was in made me feel rather sick. I shot at a deer, which after I shot, I realized it was a baby, because it was so stupid! I shot at it once, and it ran about 2 yards. I shot again (not because I wanted a bambi, but I was so focused on getting it) and it ran behind a tree, stood there for a minute, then ran across the hill into some trees. After I climbed the hill to see if I hit it at all (which I didn't) I saw 2 bambi's (Joe's doe's babies) run from the trees... then I went and sat with Anne. Told her about it. Then, a few minutes later, the two bambis came up real close to us! Anne and I weren't very quite. We were whispering about if we wanted a bambi or not. We didn't shoot.
Thursday, 30th
Wednesday noon time, Eric and I went walking. Eric shot at a deer. We saw about 9 in all, mostly tails. While walking, the mountains moved, so needless to say, we couldn't hardly find the way out. Plus, Eric's compass is quite the liar! We saw some bear tracks, moose tracks, elk tracks, atv tracks, horse tracks, dog tracks, and boot tracks!

11:50 We are packing up to leave camp.

12: 10 We are hoooomeward bound! (we are hooomeward bound!) (That is a really stupid song that gets stuck in peoples heads badly.

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~Elizabeth~
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