Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Sylvan Lake: Bring your own tutor!


I just got back from a quick overnight camping trip. When I heard that we were going to Sylvan Lake, I was all excited. I thought,
"Great we get to eat smores and the kids will get a little help in math!"

Wrong! No tutors, just bears and mosquitos. We had a great time. We slept in Yurts. The kids thought they really fun. I felt like a squaw.

20 comments:

  1. How! fun

    I love to camp, but want all bugs to die.

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  2. That looks like fun! I have never taken my kids camping ( and I love to camp)! Shame on me!

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  3. I'm a little slow. I couldn't figure out what you were talking about with the tutor. I was wondering, why would you take a tutor on your camping trip, but I finally got it! LOL!! I'm with PJ, no bugs in my world!

    Glad to hear you got the popcorn and Junior mints. I hope the junior mints weren't all melted into one big minty blob.

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  4. I love yurts...much better than sleeping on the ground. I hope to someday put a yurt in my back yard. It would be a great guest/playhouse.

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  5. Oooo...I like Heffalump's idea!

    I'm either really tired or not as clever as I thought I was, 'cause I don't get the tutor joke.

    And your welcome everyone, for making you feel just that little bit smarter.

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  6. That looks really kinda cool. I'm so not down with bears. An 11 yr old was mauled to death by one in American Fork. Eek!

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  7. I love to Not camp Annie and that's the truth.
    Bears are ok from 2 miles away.
    Mosquitos are not my friends.
    Other than that sounds like a great camping trip :)

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  8. There is a place around here called Sylvan Learning Center. I thought they were nationwide.

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  9. I have never seen a yurt.....but looks like a yurt never yurt anybody.....

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  10. Hey, Annie, Thanks for checking out my blog. We share a great name! Were you originally Anne with an e, or pure Annie?

    Sylvan Lake sounds super--for those who like camping. Not me. Not any longer. And not in this country where creepy crawlies are way too abundant--and mosquitoes, large wild creatures, and snakes. I'd have made an awful pioneer. Give me a comfy bed indoors any day. :-)

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  11. I did the Yurt thing in Sun Valley for a travel article once. It was pretty cool. Well, except for the mice friends who snuggled with us all night. :-)

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  12. That sounds like a total blast! I'm trying to get a camping trip going with my other Mom friends and our kids to the lake. I love to camp!

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  13. I used to be a secretary in the College of Natural Resources at a university and the yurts were so popular among the students there. Getting back to Mother Earth, I guess! Do these things not have bottoms. I would not like the mouse visitors that Amber had. Yikes! It looks fun, though! :)

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  14. I got the Sylvan reference. Although, I have never heard of nor seen a yurt. But I think YURT funny.

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  15. That sounds like great fun-- the camping and yurt, not the bears.

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  16. I've always wondered what a yurt was exactly... we had thought about staying in one at one point in time, but had no idea what it was. Thanks for the photo... that clears it up for me :)

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