False Paintball and Horseshoe Canyon 10/21-10/22/2017

We were going to go camping and take the paintball guns.  Two things went wrong.  It snowed about 4 inches and our little man in charge of the paintball guns forgot to put in the CO2 canisters.  It was a fun trip despite that.  We were originally going to go over by Conant Creek but the way the wet snow was coming down I figured the roads would be too greasy for a trailer.  As it turned out, going to Horseshoe Canyon instead, we had a little bit of trouble on the greasy wet road but we made it there ok.   Good idea we didn't go to our original place because those roads can get awful muddy and deep.

Those who came were, Chase, Kiowa, Dalton, Josh and Zach.  Myself and Andrew were the leaders.  It was snowing really heavy for awhile so we stretched a tarp out for a shelter since our awning got destroyed last year by some kind of whirlwind.  We cooked dinner which was hamburgers.  As usual we had hot dog buns for hamburgers.  Typically we have some sort of funny thing happen like that.   The boys were good-natured about it.  

The boys went to bed early which is weird for a campout.  Me and Andrew stayed outside around the fire, which for some reason, kicked out the perfect amount of heat.  I was going to sleep under the tarp originally but because of the snow I decided to put up my tent.  The snow made a nice cozy soft bed under the tent.  Andrew slept under the tarp and did very well.   

We got up that morning and had oatmeal for breakfast.  I put my paintball gun together and started popping off shots to get the boys moving out of bed faster.  Then I realized we did not have any CO2 cannisters.  The boys were a little bit disappointed but we will have to find time to do it some other day.

Kiowa brought a box of completely frozen hamburgers.  We just kept flipping them over like one big pancake until we could break them apart and cook them.

The boys tents.  Josh and Zach in the first one and Chase, Kiowa and Dalton in the far one.

Not sure why but this fire really kicked out the heat and dried out clothes out fast.

Our makeshift awning

cooking

my tent

Morning comes and we  find Andrew under the tarp

This is a video of Chase trying to throw my paintball grenade since we had nothing else to do.  It turned out to be a dud and just spurted to the ground

Somebody found my phone