Jackson Meadows Camping Trip

Owen's first camping trip was so much fun. The Rist family welcomed us to their annual family camping trip at Jackson Meadows Reservoir, North West of Truckee. Every day we woke up early to enjoy the fresh mountain air - ok, actually Owen woke us up and dragged us out of bed before the rest of camp. We took Owen's red wagon, and did lots of laps around camp and down to the lake. The lake was really "not that bad," and not as cold as expected, which was a good thing since it was our only shower. Owen loved splashing in the shallow water and watching the dogs swim out to fetch sticks. Owen was the good luck charm when we were fishing - he caught two fish on his first time out. Pene and Jax had a great time too; they loved hiking and swimming and playing with all the other dogs.



So I read somewhere that dirt and smoke are great for bug repellent, and I figured we might as well let Owen get as dirty as possible. It was pretty funny when he rubbed his eyes with fistfuls of dirt and made big brown eye patches. The kid was pretty filthy the whole week. We kept him in pants and socks and shoes since he was crawling everywhere and just changed his outfit when he got too dirty or muddy to pick up. He was pretty happy to sit in the dirt and fill cups with rocks or find cool sticks to bang on everything.