Camping at Sardine

Justin has been talking about Sand Pond since we got married. He had great memories of camping here when he was a little boy. Finally, we decided that we needed to go campling as a family and see this famous place. It ended up being just as Justin described it.

It only took us an hour and a half to get to our destination. We arrived at our campsite at 7:30 p.m., it was a little late . The ranger came to tell us that there have been bears at our campsite and we needed to be careful with the kids, make sure we didn't brush their teeth or have any candy anywhere near our tent. That was a little scary. It was so cute, because we said a lot of prayers that night that we would be protected from the bears. Right before we went to bed I asked Elise if she was scared of bears, she said, "no, I already prayed that the bears wouldn't hurt us and Jesus will protect me." Kids have such great faith. I just love the things they say. We woke up in the morning alive. Justin said he did see a bear pass by our tent, but it just walked away. What a relief. I really loved the spot that we camped at, I just wish that we didn't have to worry about bears.


This is a little stream that the kids caught had such a great time playing in. There were tons of Minows(baby fish), the kids were catching them by the handfuls and saving them in water bottles. It was so amazing to see so many fish.

Jayden loved the water. It was a little chilly, but it felt so good, because it was so hot up there in the mountains.

We rented a boat and went out on the lake. This was so fun and such a beautiful ride. The kids were a little scared, but ended up having a great time.

This is one of those places that is so pretty that you never want to forget. What a great time we had.