We also went camping in April. The roads openend the day we left. We were really worried that we would have to cancel our trip because they wouldn't open in time. We went to our favorite spot, Bear Canyon Lake (12 miles from Woods Canyon Lake) up on the rim. It was beautiful during the day 65-70 degrees but at night is was chilly! 40-45 degrees! Thank goodness we have a heater in our trailer. There was still snow on the ground in areas where there were a lot of trees and shade. The kids loved it! As you can see from the pictures we are true Arizona natives! The kids played in shorts and t-shirts but they had a great time. We caught several fish, did a little riding, lounging and had a great time away from the normal everyday rush! However, what kind of trip would it be if nothing went wrong?? I had food poisoning the first 2 days and spent them in the trailer in the bathroom (thank goodness for the trailer). Then the day we left the alternator went out on the truck and left us stranded in the woods! We are so grateful for our friends, the Barrera's, for letting Mike take their mini-van and drive to Payson to get a new part. We got the truck fixed and got home (5 hours after we started). All in all it was still fun and we always have good stories about our trips!
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Sounds like our last 2 camping trips! A month ago we went and our battery was dead when we went to leave so we sat and waited for 2 hours for a forest ranger to come give us a jump, then this weekend my Dad showed up as we were packing up camp and said he just kept feeling like he needed to come and help us get home...yeah, our transmision went out 15 min. outside of Globe and my Dad had to tow us out of the road. AHHHHH!!! :)
It's weird how things like that happen whenever you plan to have fun. We've had many "issues" on our family vacations...looking back we can laugh, aah the memoris!LOL!
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