Favorite things about 1st Camp Host Job?

 #1 - Having a premium natural playland for the grandkids to visit.  It's a natural school...with plenty of wood for building (from felled trees) and all of the flowers and water and paths and rocks for creative play.  Did I mention mud?






And what about smores?  How did they ever become an essential campfire ritual?  And Sunday was incredibly special as we attended the Brighton Branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  We overdosed on love from the members and The Spirit from the Lord.

 

Trails go to nearby lakes and ski runs

 

Ski Resorts are on either side of Redman...Paka is at Solitude



Snow drifts in July? Oh, certainly...in Utah's Mountains

These pictures still give me CHILLS. We were supposed to open, and being new to the campground, we didn't realize there were TWO more camp sites. They were so buried in snow we still couldn't see where the tables might be. The stick in this picture is my tough shovel handle. It held up much better than my leather gloves, and I was grateful for it. There really were tables in these drifts. The one in the second picture scared me. . . as there was a sizable cave under it . . . and I convinced myself it was a bear's den. (Three recent bear sightings in the Brighton Ski Area, just barely up the road, stoked my imagination.) I was sure if I dug any deeper, my shovel would part the hair of a big black bear.
The picture at the top of this post is the same site a month later. No bear. But we were required to pass out pamphlets and lecture campers about bears because of the sightings. The flower-lined trail leads to Brighton Ski Resort. We learned this site is a favorite because of its wild "back yard" that extends to a large "secret" tent site.