It was the perfect collection to document our most recent camping adventure.
Because of Covid this year, and initial restrictions on camping, we kind of blindly picked campsites that were available. I wasn't able to get onto the reservation site for at least the first week, due to volume overload. Once I could get on the site, none of our usual places were available, we had to decide how long we'd be willing to drive to get to the campground. We decided 2 1/2 hours was our max.
On the bright side, it did give us the opportunity go to campgrounds we've never been to. That's how we ended up at Cottonwood at Old Man Dam.
The campground is about 15 minutes from Pincher Creek. We went from driving up along the ridge of the Old Man River, and made our way down into the valley that houses the campground. It was actually very secluded and private, it was a nice surprise. We went from windy up top, to not windy down below.
We also happened to be there during a heat wave. Temperatures were in the mid 30º celsius. It was hot. So thankful we decided to bring our set up sun shade at the last minute. It made all the difference in the world.
Here's the layout I created for this camping trip:
There's a lot of information photos on this layout. I used the photo template to add pictures. I wanted to include lots of our happenings. We spent quite a bit of time walking down to the waters edge. We skipped rocks, cooled our feet. Madelyn kept finding snakes... She caught 3 out of 4 that she saw. I have to remain calm and unfazed by it, or I'm sure she'd chase me with it...
We played games. We had campfires and s'mores. We all breathed a sigh of relief at about 9:45 when the sun finally was low enough, that we cooled down a bit.
We attempted to find the Neowise Comet, but didn't have any luck. However, the stars were amazing, and we could see the milky way.
We had a great get away, glad we were all able to make it.
The following Sahin Designs products were used:
https://sahindesigns.com/products/getaway-elements/
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