Clayton and Penny's Retreat

Places we've been, and would rather be right now

Posts for the “Camping” Category

Council Grove June 17

Posted on June 17th, 2011 by Clayton

P1070381

Penny and I, met Jenn, Joyce, and the kids, Miranda and Katelyn, and the dog, Charlie, at Council grove for a few nights. It started a little strange when we pulled up to the ranger shack to confirm our reservation and found Jenn inside. She was coordinating a plan that would put us on a great site on the shoreline. We were 30 feet from a wonderful sandy shore, with sandy bottom out as far as you could walk in the lake.

Continue Reading

Kanopolis Lake May 21’st

Posted on May 24th, 2011 by Clayton

P1070307

We traveled north of Hutchinson, Kansas for a trip to Kanopolis Lake this time. A smallish lake west of Lindsborg out in the middle of no where. A pretty nice campground with descent bathrooms. We went with Jen, Miranda ,Katelyn and Jenn’s brother, Mike. Daryl came out on Saturday evening. Jeff took his friend Tyler. We spent Saturday hanging out by the lake ,playing some horse shoes and flying kites.

Sunday Daryl got the Jet Ski’s out on the water and we had some fun riding them on the lake. That was a blast!

Continue Reading

Council Grove April 2011

Posted on April 26th, 2011 by Clayton

Jeff_fish

It was windy most of the time, but we had fun. Sunday it actually got sunny and warmed up some. We all had fun throwing horshoes and footballs. We did a lot of fishing, but Jeffrey is the only one that caught something. A 2-3lb Drum. We stayed through Easter and left on Monday.
Continue Reading