McCall Camping Trip

At the last minute, we accepted a long-standing invitation to join our friends on a camping trip in McCall, Idaho. The Nicol family has a tradition of going there each summer, and they kindly invited us to join them and the Rowberry clan for a final family trip before the kids head back to school.

Before heading on to McCall, we spent few days in Melba. Then, on Monday morning we headed off for McCall.

The Nicols had reserved several campgrounds in Ponderosa state park. The campground was fantastic. Lots of tall trees around, very clean. Bathrooms with hot showers nearby, water spigots and electricity at every site. So it wasn’t like we were roughing it.

After setting up camp, we immediately headed out to the beach to have fun in the water. The Nicols brought their boat, and the Rowberrys had hauled up a bunch of kayaks, paddle boards, and a floating magic carpet thing which was a lot of fun.

We played on the lake until sunset, then we drove into town and ate some delicious hamburgers at My Father’s Burgers.

The next couple days were pretty similar. We took our time getting going in the morning, usually enjoying a delicious breakfast, then meandering to a beach and playing in the lake for the remaining daylight hours. Then we’d come back to camp, eat dinner, hangout around the fire and then hit the sack.

Each family took a day making breakfast and dinner for the whole group. We were responsible for Wednesday and we did omelets in a bag for breakfast and camp calzones for dinner (we like easy cleanup) which turned out great.

The temperatures and conditions were just too perfect to deviate too much from all the playing in the water.

Claire did some kneeboarding and managed to pull of a couple 360s.

The kids spent lots of time tubing and hanging on for dear life, and thankfully, no one got hurt.

Manina, Greg, Don, and I did make it out on a short little hike along the Huckleberry loop in the state park during one afternoon when all the kids were out on the boat getting pulled in the tube.

We started back home on Thursday afternoon and enjoyed the 8-hour drive back down to Utah. We had a great time in McCall and all hope we can return to visit soon. Such a fun place!