Camping at Panguitch Lake

School got out Thursday and Friday we headed out to Panguitch Lake for our annual camping trip with my sister Mandy and her family. It also happened to be Memorial Day weekend which meant we had until Monday before we would be returning home. We were worried that we were going to freeze up there, but honestly overall it really wasn't too bad and we didn't have any bad wind or rain or anything like that. I remember when my Grandpa and Grandma Marshall used to take me camping at Panguitch Lake when I was little, being there brought back memories. I hadn't been camping there since I was little. We have decided that we really like it there and will definitely go back. The campgrounds are nice and have lots of good shade.

The first day and night our neighbors "The Starks" joined us. The kids have been friends with them forever, I guess it's almost like they are cousins.

Bryce was enthralled with the fire. Whenever there wasn't one going he would ask to build one no matter what time of day it was, and then he would gather things from around the camp and throw them into it. Little Pyro!

 Dutch oven is for sure one of my favorite parts of camping.

 We got Chloe this little boat for her birthday and gave it to her a little early. She couldn't wait to get it out on the lake and got it all ready the night before.

 Fishing was the first item on the list for Friday morning. We started out on the bank, but when my Mom and Jeff and his kids showed up they rented a pontoon boat, which we fished in the rest of the morning. We didn't have much luck that morning, but the kids had fun, and Tanner liked driving the boat around.

 Bryce took a little nap aboard the boat.

 Chloe and Saydee thought it would be fun to get towed along behind it. They had fun, but they did get a little bit cold and wet.

Friday evening and Saturday we went back to bank fishing and caught one fish after the other. Most of them were too little to keep, but we did end up catching a few that were big enough.

 These crazy kids decided they wanted to learn to gut and clean their own fish and then cook them and that's exactly what they did. Surprisingly they even ate them after they cooked them. They are true sportsman.

 Before we left for camp I made Bryce these pretend binoculars out of some toilet paper rolls, tape, and yarn. He loved them. He literally wore them the entire time we were there.

 Bryce decided he liked fishing as long as he didn't actually have to touch the fish.

 In fact he liked it so much that he started naming the fish he would catch. Names like "iron-man", "spider-man", etc. At one point we tried to let one of his fish go that was really too little to keep; he was not happy about that idea and actually dove into the lake after it. We ended up keeping it and I striped down the little clown and put him in the truck. He had to ride back to camp for dry clothes in his undies, but he didn't seem to mind one bit.

 Sunday we went on a nice little drive around the lake, and we spotted a pirate ship.

 Here is a group shot of the crazy camping cousins. We attempted to make shirts, but they didn't turn out the greatest.

 Tanner doesn't really enjoy fishing, so most of the time when we would fish he would hang out at the lodge-where there was free wifi. Before we left Bryce wanted to get a picture with the bear that was outside the door.

We really had a fun little trip and our counting down the days until we head on our next adventure to Bear Lake.