Duck Creek in the Snow

What do you do when there's over two feet of snow in the forest and more in the forecast? You go camping! Last weekend, my brother Steve, and brother-in-law Josh went up to my family's cabin lot in Duck Creek. We tried to talk my brother Bryan into going as well, but when he woke up Friday morning and saw rain outside, he texted me and said, "Hey i dont think im going to go, i just dont really want to go up in the snow or anything" I told him that was the point, and the basis of it's appeal. Oh well, his loss.

We left St. George at about 3:30, with rain in the skies. After picking up Josh in Cedar City, we headed up the mountain. We got to Duck Creek Village at dusk, quickly unloaded the truck, and began digging out the snow for our tents. We finally got our tents set up before it got too dark, and then we got a nice fire going, and dug out some benches, and made dinner. We hung around the campfire for an hour or two, talking and watching the light rain fall before heading to bed. It rained that night until about 2:00 am, when it turned into snow. At 4 am, I woke up and noticed the roof of my tent sagging a little. Since it's not a 4 season tent, it's not really made to support the weight of snow. I shook it a bit and let the snow fall off the sides, before falling back to sleep.

We woke up in the morning, and dreaded getting out of bed and into the cold outside. The wind had picked up and it sounded really cold out there! Steve had a little theremometer and the reading inside the tens was 36 degrees. He then put it inside his sleeping bag and the temperature was a toasty 70! We all slept really warm.

When we finally got up, we tried to get a fire going but the rain from the night before had soaked all the wood. Instead of taking the time to make breakfast, we packed up our stuff, and headed for home. It was a fun quick trip, and I'm glad we all stayed warm!

You can read a different point of view on the camp by clicking here.

Cooking dinner by the fire!

Dinner time!

Bob & Steve in our warm sleeping bags, before getting up in the morning.

Josh's tent on the left, mine & Steve's on the right.

Steve.