Surprise Surprise!! A post! Take that Bekah. Anyway. Rachel wanted to go camping at Fossil Mountain for her birthday, but I was opposed to sitting in the heat for days on end with only the water we brought in. She compromised and instead we went to Enterprise Resevoir. There is a new(ish) campground there - Honeycomb Rocks, and we had a lot of fun. Except for when Kayla fell off of said rocks and ended up scraped, bruised, and bleeding. Whoops!
We went up Thursday afternoon and came back Saturday afternoon. Just a fun-filled couple of days! This area of the Dixie National Forest was a huge wildlife viewing area. We saw mule deer (with huge bat-ears), a grey fox, teeny tiny frogs the size of a quarter, many, many cottontail bunnies, fish, bees, wasps, cows, a 5 foot long corn snake, squirrels, chipmunks - even a Forest Ranger on a horse! I'm sure there was more, mom kept track.
Oh, and Mater...
although I'm not sure if he qualifies as wildlife.
Mom, Rach and the kids had fun fishing, Dad came up and spent the nights, and I enjoyed riding the back roads and eventually ending up in Nevada on the top of a mountain with a great view of the gorge. Our campsite was pretty great. Rachel and I only drove around the campground 4 times checking out each site. But it was worth it - close enough to the compost potties for Mom (and the kids), a short walk to the resevoir, and afternoon shade. Sure it was no Yosemite, but it was still enjoyable. we also had a huge bright moon to act as a night light. Mygoodness, you could practically read underneath it. We also saw a couple of spectacular meteors from the Persied (sp?) shower.
There was also a fun, fun 'cave', okay tunnel, running underneath the road and Rachel Brayden and Kayla were a little afraid to go in. Okay so was I. I just kept thinking of spiders touching me and some poisonous bug stabbing me. There were swallow nests near the mouth and Rachel said 'you go first and see if you get pecked'. HA! But the only swallows that were left were the dead and decomposed babies on the ground. Sad. Add that to the list of wildlife. But I ventured in with Brayden and the Rachel and Kayla followed. It was still a little creepy.
All in all a good camping experience and one that we wouldn't mind repeating. Although I'd choose Yosemite again if I could. I love Yosemite, I would live there if I could. Ahhh. Anyway. Here's to you, Dixie National Forest!
