We went to Little Mill, up American Fork Canyon, last weekend for our first camping trip of 2011. All of the snow we received during the winter is currently melting and causing record-breaking flooding all over the state as a result. Of course, the weekend we picked over 3 months ago, just happened to be projected as the 2 days the rivers would peak to their highest points. So much for fishing or wading in the rivers... but we were determined to have a fun time regardless. Besides, this was Owen's first camping trip!
The weather was beautiful, and except for a fun little run-in with the river... we had a great time!
Story: When we arrived at our campsite, we noticed the site next to us was closed for flooding.
Despite all of our efforts and insistance that they move us, the hosts refused. A little nervous, we decided to make the best of the situation. We had just cleaned up dinner and sent the men off to explore the reservoir. It was just me, Owen, my mother-in-law, and sister-in-law left at camp. I settled into the tent to get Owen to sleep, and my MIL & SIL settled down in the camper for some shut-eye. Next thing we know 2 men were standing in our campsite shouting that the log had jammed and we needed to get out! In a matter of 5 minutes, the site next to us went from this:
to this:
So 3 women and a baby (and a dog) were frantically trying to pack everything up. Not to mention we didn't have the truck to move the camper, so some good samaritan neighbor decided to drive up the canyon to find the boys. Amazingly enough, they found them up at the reservoir, and they quickly returned back to camp. Luckily, after an initial quick rise, the river leveled out long enough to give us enough time to get everything out.
