Thursday, July 23, 2009

Ballies!

I'm officially a mountain woman. Finally Grandpa Jude took some days off work so everyone packed up for a camping trip to the Ballies. When Jude was 14 years old he helped herd 3,000 sheep to the ballies from Diamond mountain. So it was a Hacking family trip!

UPS:
1) Mountain food! (steaks, potatoes, fish, potatoes, potatoes...)
2) Scenery was beautiful
3) Saw some Moose
4) Hearing some of Grandpa Jude's stories

DOWNS:
1) Sleeping on the ground (OUCH! I still hurt)
2) Riding on Jack
3) No showers

Warning: LOTS OF PICTURES
This horse kept coming in our camping grounds to roll over

Top of the world

Our tent made out of ponchos
We rode all over those mountains
We had to follow the trail that was marked like this

Getting ready to go

Mean Jack
Grandpa Jude










Thief found something under the rock.
He had the time of his life!
Marissa took her dog also but we lost him on the first day...but then on our way back there he was on the trail waitin...

5 comments:

Chase and Nahomi said...

how freakin fun are you!! i've always wanted to go on a camping trip like that! I'm super jealous, looks like you guys had so much fun though!

Lance and Jessie Spiers said...

You are so brave! I just don't know if I could go on that kind of a camping trip, but it looks so fun! I love love love the picture of you and JD under the tree with the dogs, it's so adorable! I'm sure you loved Grandpa Jude's stories, those are stories and memories you'll never want to forget!

Sophia said...

WOW Whit I am impressed with you. I don't think I could rough it like that.

Chelsie Jensen said...

Nice job! You are for sure a mountain chick!!

Horrocks Fam said...

Looks like such a fun trip! I wish I could have gone.... I think it would have been much more fun than Washington D.C. sitting in meetings all day long!