Independence Day Fun

For the 4th of July we took the boat out and went camping. We decided on Flaming Gorge since they have first come first serve spots and everywhere else fills up really fast and was booked. 

My brother just moved back to Utah from Las Vegas and is now living at our house. 

He came camping with us and also Zach's brother and his daughter and Zach's friend Mark. It was a lot of fun but some funny stories...

We headed up there first thing on Thursday morning to make sure we had a spot to camp. It was me, Zach and my brother Jeremy that day. We put the boat in the water and headed out for a little bit. The water was really smooth so I told Zach I wanted to wakeboard. I put on the wakeboard and got in the water. Well just my luck, the wind starts blowing and boats come zooming past us causing lots of waves. That makes wakeboarding really hard! I got up and ended up getting knocked over by a wave. Zach pulled the boat around to pick me up and I didn't get a good hold on the rope so it got ripped out of my hands and that hurt my finger pretty bad! It was so swollen and sore and looked like smashed meat haha. Well after that he pulled the boat around again and now the rope was in front of my board. I almost lost it again so I grabbed it before it got away and flung it at me... Right into my eye. Now I have a nice black eye! I still grabbed the rope and wakeboarded though, until I realized my eye was swelling. 

This picture was taken right after it happened. My eye swelled up instantly and bruised. It didn't hurt to bad, my finger was throbbing though. 

The bruise just kept getting bigger each day! It is now healing though and turning yellow. Blahhhh! It's ugly. It's funny to see the looks I get when I go places now. People just stare at it. 

We planned on staying till Sunday. Saturday it started raining at about 2:00 pm and we stayed at camp the rest of the day. Zach's brother got really sick and ended up sleeping the whole day. We went to bed about 11 after we had a camp fire. At 1:30 we get woken up, J wanted to go to the hospital, he was really sick! The closest hospital was 70 miles away! And that's 3 hours away from home. I offered to just drive him home and he can see a doctor there. We left about 2:00 am. I was not tired so was fine driving until about 30 min before getting home. I was ready for bed! I was able to go back to sleep at 6:00 am. Zach and Mark had to pack up everyone's camp the next day. I felt bad about that. But good news is that J is fine and didn't end up having to see a doctor cuz he felt better after sleeping at home for a while. Home is always best when your not feeling good. Sleep helps wonders!! And not being in the heat probably didn't help. 

We probably aren't going to camp again this year. It sucks but we have lots to do before the wedding. We will get a couple day trips of boating in though!