Camping At The Cabin At Anthony Lake

This last weekend we had a second camping trip but this time we went up to Anthony Lake to stay in the Forest Service Station cabin up there that they now rent out.  It can sleep 15 people with two floors, a fully equipped kitchen, a fireplace in the living room, a dining area, and a full bathroom.  There was also a big front porch, a picnic table out front beneath the trees, and a gravel campfire area where we sat around our campfire every morning and evening.  This was the first time we stayed in this cabin, which was more like a house it was so big.  Our dogs really enjoyed it too with all the space and the ability to wander around outside without a leash cause we were surrounded by the woods.

 (The Forest Service Cabin we stayed at)

 (The living room area)

 (The Dining area)

 (Fully equipped kitchen)

 (The bedroom on the first floor)

 (One of two bedrooms upstairs)

 (The second bedroom upstairs with three twin beds)

 (View of the picnic table area from the front porch)

 (The campfire area where we sat every morning and evening/night)

And the weather was beautiful.  And warm!  It was colder at Emigrant Springs the other weekend than it was higher up in the mountains at Anthony!  So it was very comfortable weather.  We took subway sandwiches up with us to eat the first night there so we didn't have to do any cooking while we were unpacking and getting situated and could also enjoy our first evening there.  Later as the sun started to set, my mom and I walked the short distance to the lake and just walked a little bit before we returned to our cabin and started up our campfire.
 

 (Anthony Lake and Gunsight Mountain)

That night, we all sat around the campfire, mom and dad reading and I worked on a cross stitching project and had some good conversation and some laughs.  We also roasted some twinkies over the campfire before turning in.  Oh God, those are soooo good.

 (The reason my dad looks a little weird is because there's a little doggie in his jacket)

 (Working on my cross stitching project)

 (Getting the twinkies ready to roast!)

 (Dad in charge of roasting the twinkies cause he's a pro at it)

(Dad taking the first bite of a perfectly roasted campfire twinkie.  mmmmm.....)

The second day we enjoyed some coffee while sitting around the campfire in the early morning and it was hardly cold!  So wonderful.  It's my favorite part of the day while camping.  Dad made the breakfast of champions - Biscuits and Gravy and eggs :)  Yeah, I didn't exactly eat the best on this camping trip...

 (Dad laying out the biscuits)

 (Dad using the biscuits to look like a bug hahaha)

 (Scrambling some eggs)

 (The finished product!  Yum!!)

(Eating breakfast)

After we cleared the table, dad went back outside and mom and stayed inside to take a short nap and I continued with my project.  After mom's nap, she and I decided to take a couple dogs out down to the lake and walk for a bit.  It was a bit of a walk all the way around the lake so I wasn't sure if I wanted to try it but I started out and it was just so pretty and I did some filming and was having some fun that I decided to go ahead and walk all the way around the lake.  There's some snippits of the walk around the lake that I wanted to include here but they don't want to upload.  So I'm sorry you won't be able to see some of a very beautiful area.  

 (Mom and I out on our lake walk)

 (There were always lots of fly fishermen out on their little boats on the lake every day)

 (On the backside of the lake)

After the great and wonderful walk around the lake we needed to rest....and so did the dogs we took with us, Opal and Morgan.  Morgan passed out on the couch and didn't move much for awhile so I worked her out pretty good.  She rested good that night.  

We had some lunch - hotdogs - and then my mom and I set up our camping chairs up on the big porch and she read again while I worked on my project again.  Then my dad decided he would take the other two dogs for a walk around the lake.  So it was just me and my mom sitting on the porch enjoying the great outdoors and the day.  Once my dad got back it was about time to make some dinner.  Tacos.  After dinner and cleaning up we were out to our campfire again.  And of course before turning into the cabin, we roasted twinkies again.  I know, I'm a diabetic but they're just too good and I'm on a little vacation here!  Let me have a break once in awhile.  I was sad.  It was our last night and I was really enjoying our camping weekends, especially this one.  It felt too short.  I needed more time out there.  But it was a great little break and we had to get back anyway cause my mom and I are leaving again right away tomorrow cause we fly out to Milwaukee for the World Burn Congress Tuesday.  So it was another good camping trip.  These past two weekends have been good for me to get out of the house.  Now, on to the next adventure! - World Burn Congress in Milwaukee!!