Cabin Camping

As a teenager, I went up to a camping lodge called Lutherhaven for various church functions.  It was a nice place for retreats, camping, hiking and just having fun.  It was a quiet piece of nature in the mountains perfect for experiencing God's natural world.  In 2003, it burned down along with the other hundreds (maybe thousands) of acres surrounding it during a wild fire.  I mostly forgot about it until I recently found out that they rebuilt it and made it easy for church members to go stay up there with their families when it wasn't being used by churches.  We signed up immediately and had a nice weekend enjoying the beautiful fall colors. We took my parents too, to celebrate my mom's birthday :). 

Mountains... Nature's playground!

We happened to go at the peak of fall color :). 

The burned down hill behind the cabin.

Family picture... Did I mention how beautiful the fall colors were?

G & G Reinert!

Evening hike down and then back up the road to get there... Gorgeous colors!

Smile!

Sundown called for a happy birthday song and smores!

Late night board games with the family!

A little chapel next to the lodge at sunrise... Stunning view!

You can see the burnt down hills...



View from balcony at sunrise... do you see lake Fenton down there?

Homemade birthday cards for grandma!

Our hike to the lake... Austin wouldn't keep his hat on.

On our way down we didn't see any wild life, but we did run into some cattle :)... The boys were impressed!

Yay, we made it to the lake!

K found some bugs right away (it is a grass hopper)!

fishing.

casting.

Hiding in the grass.

C waited patiently for his turn to fish.

So did Grandpa!

Good times, but no too successful with catching fish.

Off they go to explore.

These three were on an ever-changing adventure game :). 

Grandma had fun talking ducks with Carter while they sat looking at the lake.

More color!  

Awesome views in every direction.

brotherly moments!

can you find Mike, Josh & Kyle?  

Here is a clue... Now go back and look at the above picture! 

It was a breath of fresh mountain air to have a weekend get-away...We can't wait to visit again!