Camping at Sugar Pine in August

At the beginning of August, we took the girls on a Family Camp adventure at Sugar Pine Camp (associated with Girl Scouts).

On the way to Sugar Pine Camp, we stopped off to do some gold digging.  This was something that Jessica was interested in learning more about as she has been really interested in gems and crystals.  Unfortunately, due to the drought conditions, there wasn't water to do gold panning in, but we did do gold digging like they do in the desert.  Jim served as digger for all of us.

Jessica and Jamison got to practice gold panning in some water that was setup to the side.

Both girls found gold too!

Once we were at Sugar Pine Camp, the girls enjoyed the onsite and offsite activities.  One of their favorite activities was horse back riding.

Jamison was a bit small for the trail ride, but was super excited to be able to ride a horse in the ring.

I even shocked Jessica by going on a trail ride with her.

Here is a photo of Jim and the girls from breakfast one morning.

We spent one of our mornings at the Calaveras Big Trees State Park.

There were some really big and old trees at the park.

The girls and I easily fit into a tree that had fallen.

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The park has a tree that can be walked through.  The girls thought that walking through a tree was pretty fun.

On the way home from Sugar Pine, we stopped at Moaning Cavern Adventure Park.  Jessica and Jim took a walking tour of the cave.

Moaning Caverns also had rock climbing and zip lining.  Jamison, Jim, and Jessica had fun rock climbing.

The girls also got to discover crystals and gems.