August Family Camping Trip

Josh has been wanting to go camping at Twin Lakes in Montana for a couple of years, and we finally made it happen this summer! We went the second weekend in August, making the two hour drive from Salmon. Thankfully, the campground wasn't full and we got a nice secluded spot just down the road from the larger lake access. We brought our bikes and water gear and planned to relax all weekend, other than the hike that Josh had planned for the twins and himself to Ajax Lake and Peak on Saturday. The boys rode bikes around the big campground loop several times that weekend, we spent time relaxing on the lakes in between the multiple storms that blew threw, we ate excellent camp food, enjoyed sitting the campfire, and played games together. 

Josh and the twins drove towards Ajax Lake on Saturday mid-morning. They walked about a 1/2 mile to the lake when full-size vehicles were no longer allowed on the road, then they hiked up to an old mine, and continued on making their own way across the rocks and snow on the ascent to Ajax Peak. They had a great time, and while they were gone, Kanyon and I stayed at the campground. I made some cardboard cut-outs and painted them for my classroom bulletin board, then we went to the lake until it got too stormy. We played board games in the trailer, and learned a new card game called "Skull Kings" which we taught Josh and the boys once they returned.  

We left after lunch on Sunday, later in the day than originally anticipated, because we were enjoying camping so much. We knew it was our last camping trip of the summer, as well as our final camping trip in our camping trailer. We've had this trailer for 10 years, and after much deliberation, we decided it was time to sell it after this trip: the boys have outgrown it, and we want to buy a trailer that's more suitable for the needs we have in our next phase in life. It was a great location to go camping, and we had a wonderful time relaxing together and soaking in the great outdoors. 

The larger of the Twin Lakes

There's a little inlet that connects the two lakes. Kanyon was showing us

how he was able to maneuver the kayak across it. 

The smaller Twin Lake

A view of Ajax Lake on the boys' hike

Another view of the other end of Ajax Lake

The old mine that the boys saw on their hike

At the top of Ajax Peak

They liked looking over into the Idaho side, and could see their friend Anthony's

Ranch in the Carmen Creek Valley from where they stood on the peak. 

Josh captured this image of me taking photos of boys on the lake!

It's the only one I have of me on this trip... ;)

There was a lot of unique tree trunks at the campground.

This one reminds me of what you get when you cross

an elephant and a goose!

This one looks like a naked backside of someone walking!

We were fortunate to have an isolated spot in the campground!

This was a wonderful final voyage for this trailer that we've treasured for a decade!