Around the Campsite

Most of you are probably aware that I'm a pretty cool monkey. And because I am such a cool monkey, I am a pretty cool friend. And since I'm such a cool friend, when my dear friend L2 (known as Larilyn to those of you who aren't quite hip enough) took a fall and made her ankle go wonky, causing her to have to stick around camp a bit more, I unselfishly told LaRelle and Hillary to go ahead and go back home without me. I was going to stick at camp with Larilyn so she wouldn't be lonely! It actually turned into quite a relaxing time!

I was able to spend some time reading....Larilyn got me hooked on this great series called Twilight, and I was almost through with the third book! I wanted to hurry and finish it since the fourth one comes out August 2nd!!
I got to climb some pretty neat trees. Yosemite has some of the biggest trees I've ever seen!I hung around, just lounging in a camp chair.Then Larilyn decided to take a nap, so she told me to go ahead and go river rafting with the fam.We got a little wet, what, with all the splashing and all, so I had to hang out to dry....hee hee....It was time to get started with dinner, so that means we needed fire! And I really wanted to prove my usefulness....but....try as I might, no matter how much of my energy I exerted, I just couldn't seem to get any logs split!And Larilyn's brother got a little impatient with me....
So I decided that my services might be rendered more helpful by getting out the bug spray since Larilyn couldn't hobble over to the tent.
Then mom asked me to help out with the dutch oven cooking. I was lucky I didn't get ash all over myself!
And of course, I couldn't miss out on my all time favorite part of camping.....SMORES!!!!After we were all through, I did my part around camp! I made sure all the trash got picked up and thrown away,and made sure that the food was all securely stored in the bear locker. We wouldn't want any bears lurking in our campground looking for a late night snack. They might like MONKEY!!!!Then it was time to get into the tent...

And crawl into bed. We were having a big day in the morning!After a good nights rest, it was up early to pack up our stuff and the car, get moving, and head out on the drive home. And no matter how restful and relaxing your vacation is, by the end, lets face it: you are just EXHAUSTED!!!Overall, Yosemite was a blast!