15
Aug 2010
Summer has almost come to an end. You wouldn’t know it by looking at a calendar, or stepping outside for that matter, but it is true. It is a well known fact that once school starts, summer is over. School could start in the middle of June and summer would be over. That’s just how it is and there’s nothing that anybody can do about it.
Since school starts on Wednesday for the kids, we decided that it would be good for us to squeeze in one last camping trip before weekends become filled with homework and soccer games. This was no spur of the moment decision though. We have been planning this trip for months. Actually, I think that the seeds of the idea were planted last year after our very successful Zohner family camping trip where my side of the family retreated into the mountains for the weekend.
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Category: Family, Vacation
Tags: camp, Camping, Family, fishing, guns, Hades, homework, hooks, Kids, mountains, preschool, soccer games, summer
26
Jul 2010
A few months ago, Holly had decided that we needed to go on a camping trip over the 24th of July weekend. I had Friday the 23rd off and she didn’t work at all that weekend so she thought it would be the perfect opportunity to get away. For reasons that I can’t seem to remember at the moment, the camping trip for the 24th got moved up a few weeks leaving us with a three-day weekend full of nothing to do. Sure, there are plenty of things that need to be done around the house, but where is the fun in doing chores over a holiday weekend? After a quick call to invite my sister, Chelsea, it was decided that the Zohners would once again travel into the mountains.
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Category: Family, Vacation
Tags: Alex, awesome, camp, Camping, Chelsea, Duchesne River, Emma, Family, fishing, gun, Hades, Hannah, Holly, Jeremiah, Kids, mom, Red Ryder, shooting, trip
11
Jul 2010
Those who know us know that we’re avid campers. We go camping multiple times each summer and hate to see each weekend go by because we know that it’s one less chance for us to go camping. This year though, I was a bit concerned about going camping because of Lincoln. In the past, when we’ve taken our babies camping, it’s usually an exhausting experience that involves listing to a baby cry for a few days. Being the family of campers that we are though, Holly was determined to not going to let a little thing like the potential for a crying baby deter us from sleeping in the wild.
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Category: Family, Lincoln, Vacation
Tags: Camping, Family, fishing, global warming, Kids, Lincoln, Mapleton, Ozark Trail, Springbar, tent, van, Wal-Mart
04
Aug 2009
For those who would like a brief glimpse into a few of our camping trips this season, I’ve posted some pictures from our stays at Hades and Tanner’s Flat in the gallery. The gallery is still password protected so if you don’t already know the magic words to get in, just ask us and we’ll be happy to oblige.
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03
Aug 2009
Over the weekend, we had our final camping trip of the season. This time we went to Hades campground which is along the banks of the Duchesne River in the Uinta Mountains with my side of the family. This is a location that we discovered last year. It immediately became one of our favorite places to set up camp. When I learned that some of my cousins had never been camping or fishing, I took it upon myself to remedy the situation and organized this family reunion of sorts. Hades made perfect sense because not only is it beautiful, but the fishing is amazing.
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Category: Family, Vacation
Tags: Alex, beaver, Camping, Duchesne River, Family, firearms, fishing, gun, Hades, Holly, Kids, tent, trip, Uinta Mountains
27
Jul 2009
This past weekend we took the family into the mountains again. This time we spent three days up Big Cottonwood Canyon with a lot of Holly’s family. All in all, there were close to 30 of us which made for a lot of fun.
It was a pretty uneventful trip. There was no fishing but we did spend Friday morning hiking to Donut Falls. Apparently the “donut” was destroyed a while back so now it’s just “Falls”. It was a relatively short hike but with 12 kids in tow, it took us longer than I expected to complete. A few of us finished the hike with some bumps and bruises but nobody was seriously hurt which is good.
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08
Jun 2009
Friday night marked the beginning of the Zohner family camping season. It also happened to be the annual Fathers and Sons camp out.
Unlike last year, I was able to escape the office early enough to get everything ready to go at a decent time. Unfortunately, Holly didn’t get off work until 5:30 so Alex and I had to work with Holly’s schedule to ensure that the girls weren’t left alone until she got home. In an effort to save some time, we met with Holly on our way to Morgan where we said our goodbyes and dropped of Hannah and Emma. Holly was on her way back from Ogden so it worked out really well and saved us quite a bit of time.
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Category: Alex, Jeremiah
Tags: Alex, Camping, dinner, fathers and sons, Jeremiah, marshmallow, Morgan, popcorn, sleeping bags, Subway, tarp, tent
21
Aug 2008
Last Friday we loaded up the van and headed back up into the mountains to do some more camping. We liked where we camped a few weeks ago so much that we decided to go a few miles up the road. Actually, the campgrounds were all reserved months ago. We just happened to get lucky in the fact that they were great places to pitch a tent. But I digress…
Camping with friends is always more fun so we went with our friends, John and Dana Rimington and their three daughters. For additional fun points, we also brought along Chelsea and her soon to be husband, Nick. We tried to get my brother, Ryan, to come too but he had to work. Maybe next time… It was really nice spending time with everybody. The kids enjoyed playing with John and Dana’s girls and they loved having Nick and Chelsea along. I know though that if Ryan had been able to make it, he would have been the star of the weekend. The kids love playing with him so much.
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Category: Emma, Family, Jeremiah, Vacation
Tags: Alex, axe, beaver, Camping, Chelsea, Dana, Duschene River, dutch oven cooking, Emma, fishing, Friends, hatchet, John, Kids, Nick, Rimington, Ryan, trout fishing, Work
28
Jul 2008
Over the weekend we took the kids and once again went camping. This time, we decided to avoid Logan Canyon and headed up to the Uintah mountains. We had a great campsite and enjoyed ourselves immensely. We didn’t do much except sit around camp and eat marshmallows but it was nice to relax and enjoy nature.
Holly’s sister, Jen, and her family came with us. it was nice to be able to spend some time with them. Her brother, Lynn, also brought up his kids for dinner. We were sad that they weren’t able to spend the night but it was nice that they could come up for a few hours.
While we were there, I managed to get in a little bit of fishing on the Duschene River. The fish were jumping like crazy but I didn’t even get a bite. We’re heading back up for a two-day trip in a few weeks. I better check the fishing reports before we go so that I can have better luck.
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09
Jun 2008
A lot has happened in the past week that I’ve wanted to blog about but work has kept me too busy. I’ve been working long hours and then, when I get home, there’s so much to do that I don’t usually get a break until around 8:00.
This weekend, we decided to take a break from our busy lives and take the family camping with some of our friends. Like last year, we headed up Logan Canyon with hopes of catching some big fish and, like last year, we came back empty handed. I’m getting a bit ahead of myself though. Let me start at the beginning.
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