Lynx Lake Camping Trip

So friends of ours just went camping at Lynx lake and their pictures were amazing! We'd never heard of this lake, so we decided to get outta town and go check it out.

We drove up Monday evening, arriving around 7pm. We were very pleased at the camp site; very beautiful, private, quiet as it was a Monday and lots of natural land. It also had running water and bathroom, which for us aren't a must, but nice none the less. We set up camp and hung out. Katherine was more than adorable, whatever that word may be, crawling all over inside the tent in her purple footie pajamas.

We were extra adventurous this time and brought the pups too. We had Katherine sleeping in her tub and the puppies sleeping outside the tent. Neither of these sleeping arrangements ended up lasting through the night. The dogs were being very good, not barking, but growling at every lizard, bird, etc so I got up and put them in the 4 runner with the windows cracked. They are city dogs after all.

Katherine did great in her tub but when I got her out to feed her her arms were rather cold; even though the rest of her was nice and toasty. She had long sleeves on and socks over her hands, but I couldn't keep a blanket over her arms so they were cold. After she ate we let her sleep in between us the rest of the night. This was very cute but we did not sleep well the rest of the night for obvious reasons. Oh well, that's what naps are for.



We got up bright and early, actually watched the sun come up from the tent door. We had donuts in bed and then decided to go check out the lake and let the puppies play. I got Katherine all strapped into the chest pack and then realized I was hot. Instead of taking her off to take off my sweatshirt I thought I could get it off with her strapped onto my chest. I did it, but I got stuck and had to have Nathan rescue me...well us really.


The lake was gorgeous and the dogs loved it. Nathan threw a racket ball we'd brought and then had a ball fetching it in the lake. We pretended not to know that dogs must be leashed at all times...surely that doesn't include when they are playing in the lake...right? :)

After our walk/swim we went back to camp to get packed up. We put a sleeping bag in Katherine's tub and her inside it so we could both pack up. It worked beautifully until she started standing up. We were almost done anyways.

We clocked the drive, it's 65 miles door to door, which is wonderful and much better than going all the way up to Flagstaff. It's my new favorite camping spot!