24th Strawberry

We took the kids and rigs with family and friends up above Strawberry Reservoir. It was very pleasant to escape the valley hustle and heat and head for the cool mountains. Matt left early Thursday to secure us a prime spot on hill as it was the 24th of July weekend. He found an awesome place! We were all by ourselves. We covered a lot of beautiful area on the rangers.

Because of all the moisture this year the mountain flowers are going crazy!





Brownie putting on a show for the kids.


Tree painting.






Painting cousin Bennett.






We took an evening to spend some time at Strawberry. Not the most swimming friendly lake (chilly water, craw-dads galore, dogs doing diggers in lake etc...) but that didn't hold us back.













We were able to drive the rangers across the hills and over to Daniels Summit. We took advantage of their beautiful patio to eat lunch and relax in the beautiful weather.


We came across these poor children that didn't have parents or clothes but by the look of the cottage cheese in their behinds, we could tell they were getting plenty to eat. ;)