Camping with the Girls

The girls and I decided to go camping this weekend so we went!  The boys all went on the father and sons camp out, and we did not want to be left behind so we planned to go as well to our own place.  We planned to go to pine flats up by Lowman.  We changed our minds last minute and decided to go to a place that I had gone years ago.  It was about a 2 hour drive so we headed out.  I thought the place that I had camped out was called yellow pine and so when I got there and saw that it was clearly not the place I was a little discouraged.  We drove a bit further thinking that maybe we had not go fat enough and may be I would recognize it but I did not at all.  We finally found a camping place there were no campers at all and it was nice.  We set up camp made a fire which Allie was all over she loved being in charge of the fire.  She practiced great fire safety skills and I knew I could trust her.  I was fine with where we were and excited that there was a hiking trail that we would be able to hike the next morning.  The girls were exited.  Anyways we cooked our foil dinners had prayer and enjoyed our dinner.  We went on a walk down this nice little trail next to our camp site.  Then we came back and noticed that there was a car that had driven through our campground now for the 3rd time.  This had me worried when it was a single man.  I was a little uneasy and began to worry.  I prayed that we would be safe but the feeling never went away.  The girls and I played a card game and then made smores.  We had fun.  We got our jammies on and read scriptures around the fire. Allie and I were talking and she said she had an uneasy feeling as well.  I shared with her my feelings and we both decided that we needed to listen to the spirit and leave.  I prayed that we would be safe.  But sometimes what we want and what Heavenly Father knows is best for us are completely different then what we expect.  Our camping trip proved that.  So it is with everything that we learn in our lives.  The girls and I loaded everything up in the back of the van and drove off watch the sun as it dissapeared beyond the horizon.  I swallowed my pride and listened to the spirit knowing full well that when the boys get home Saturday afternoon they will have wonderful stories to tell and we will have the story of how we loaded up and went home, before we could even fall asleep for the night.  We listened to the spirit and were protected from only what Father knew.  We know that can learn from every experience that we encounter.  I hope and pray that we can have many more camping trips that will be memorable like the ones that we will have this summer in the coming weeks.  Until then we will know and feel blessed to have been watch over and warned and then heeded the prompting of the spirit.  I do not want to know what could have happened if we had not left when we did. 

I will post some pics in a while when I get a chance.