Camping at Burney Falls

Brad, Dawson, and I drove up to Burney Falls campground this past Monday and stayed until Thursday. We met my parents, brother and his family, and all my other siblings up there throughout the week. One of my aunts and 2 cousins were also able to go. We had such a great time. I wasn't sure if Dawson would like camping but he LOVED it. He wants to go again. He especially enjoyed making s'mores each night. He even slept in a tent with his cousins with no adults. I was proud of him. Brad and I slept in his parents camp trailer. Dawson could have slept in there with us. It was pretty warm up there all week so we went swimming every day to cool off. The kids all loved going to swim in the lake and building sand castles. Mary and I went up for a day trip on Friday to visit with the family again. We had a nice time again. I was happy to be done with camping. I really appreciate my bed even more and hot showers that are NOT timed.


Dawson after swimming at the lake at Burney Falls. It was SO hot this week.
Brad, Dawson, and I at the trail head to walk down to the falls. Dawson went twice with my brother. I couldn't make it due to a really bad pain in my leg and Brad had a sprained ankle.
The kids went snipe hunting every night. It was hilarious. If you do not know what snipe hunting is it's a non existent bird that you take people out after dark to hunt for. The kids learned a snipe call from my dad and took out a large ziploc bag to catch it. They even set a trap one night. During the day they would look around the campsite for snipe holes.
Dawson on his first hike to the falls. He really loved this hike.