I'm not much of a camper, but I enjoyed this camping experience with a HUGE exception of the hike to get there. More on that later.
Rory and I went with his two best friends from high school and their wives.
Rory and Kelly
Kenneth and Ronna
Sam and Katie
His friends married awesome girls, they're a lot of fun. We love being the wives us these best buddies.
We drove from Rexburg in Sam's dad's old pick-up truck. Rory and Kenneth had a lot of fun laying out in the truck bed on the way. The drive was about three hours, and we didn't get to our destination until it was dark outside.
So we set out to hike --ready for this?-- in the darkness, with a few small flashlights, uphill. All uphill. It was seriously like climbing stairs for an hour straight. Even though it was dark, it was fairly hot and we were dying. There were times where I would stop and think, "I can't keep going, this is ridiculous." It didn't take me long to remember that stopping would be the death of me. The whole time I couldn't help feeling like something was following me, either a mountain lion or a deranged murderer. That kept me going.
Finally, we heard the rushing water. We were there. Goldbug is so cool because there are hot springs everywhere. They were the most natural spas I've ever seen.
Rory threw some cans of Chef Boyardees into a hot spring that was too hot for anyone to enjoy. He said they'd be hot for lunch tomorrow.
We changed into our bathing suits in the darkness and got camp set up. I was trying to ignore the rattlesnake Sam and Katie saw, the rat Ronna saw, and the mouse I saw.
We all got into a soothing hot spring, drank grape juice, ate fruit and watched the moon until we were pruney and completely drained.
Rory and I got to sleep in a tent with Ronna and Kenneth (Sam and Katie had their own two-man tent). I must say, that was a great sleep. We had sleeping pads and sleeping bags, and the weather was perfect.
We woke up at about 8:30 am, had some breakfast and enjoyed the hot springs some more. Then we had a little lunch (those almost-hot Chef Boyardees and we were on our way.
I kicked myself for not bringing any water. I thought I'd be fine with all of the juice we brought, but it turns out, by the end of the day, the juice was worsening my thirst. After the hike down, I couldn't take it anymore -- I drank from the stream running down from the hot springs. And I didn't get sick :)
Here are some pictures:
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| Kenneth and his wife Ronna. They were married last December. |
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| The wives! |
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| This is how dark it was. |
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| And there were lots of steep drop-offs. Sadly these are the only pictures I got from that night. |
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| Breakfast! |
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| Kenneth forgot to pack the tent poles, so he made a giant make-shift one. It worked out! |
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| My tanlines. I know, I know. |
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| Sam and Katie. |
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| Our men! |
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| Awh! Rory got a scrape! |
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| The wives! |
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| Sam's lunch. |
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| As soon as we got home from the camping trip, we caught the last half of Rexburg's annual Demolition Derby! We went to this on our second date, but missed it last year. We had to go this year. They are so much fun! So redneck! |
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| They're muddy too! This picture doesn't really show it, but a mudwave came right at us. Guess it was a bad idea to wear white. |
Overall, a very fun weekend!
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