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Old Fashioned Fun Week, 2009

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What fun we had, bobbing for apples! Everyone wanted their silly picture taken!

Western Week 2009

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We dressed up in some authentic western wear, roped some calves, and rustled up a great time!

Activities for 2010

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In addition to all of the fun you can have in the town of Lava Hot Springs, we are planning a few activities here at the campground!

May 28-31 (Memorial Weekend):

Remembering the Past

Friday:

-Ice Cream Social at the Depot @ 7:30…$1 per scoop

-Reminiscent Taboo

Saturday AM:

-Story Time at the Depot @ 9:30

-Button Craft … going all day in the office

-Homemade butter in a jar!

Saturday PM:

-Horseshoe Tournament! 6:30

-Vintage Dance Party! @ Pavillion 7:30

-Homemade Root Beer

Monday AM:

-Paper flower craft at the depot starting at 9:30, running all day...

June 4-6 : Rainforest Weekend

Friday:

-Ice Cream Social (banana splits) at the Depot @ 7:30…$1 per scoop

Saturday AM:

-Story Time at the Depot @ 9:30

-Binocular Craft…

-Snack: bananas on Nilla Wafers

Saturday PM:

-Rainforest Animal Charades at the Depot @ 7:30

-Go Diego Go Movie

June 11-13: Fun & Games Weekend

Friday:

-Ice Cream Social at the Depot @ 7:30…$1 per scoop

-Circle Games (Musical Chairs, Fruit-basket)

Saturday AM:

-Story Time at the Depot @ 9:30

-Checkerboard Craft… all day long from Office

-Snack: graham cracker and frosting tic-tac-toe

Saturday PM:

-Basketball Bowling at the Pavilion @ 7:30…

June 18-20: Super Dad Weekend!

Friday:

-Ice Cream Social at Old Shed @ 7:30…$1 per scoop

-Free ice cream for all dads!

-Daddy’s “Who Line Is It Anyway?” Game…

S’mores Kit Prize for Winner including Fire Wood Bundle

Saturday AM:

-Story Time at the Depot @ 9:30

-Father’s Day Craft

Saturday PM:

-Super Dad Contest!!! Playground @ 7:30

Winner gets a Super Dad Tee + chair from the store!

June 25-27: Hawaiian Luau Weekend

Friday:

-Ice Cream Social (+coconut & pineapple) at the Depot @ 7:30… $1 per scoop

-Limbo Competitions/ Hula lessons behind Store

Saturday AM:

-Story Time at the Depot @ 9:30

-Lei Craft : all day long

-Snack: pineapple + bananas… coconut?

Saturday PM:

-Hawaiian Dinner with entertainment … Charge per plate TBA

July 2-4: Patriotism

Friday:

-Red, White, & Blue Ice Cream Social at Pavillion @ 7:30…$1 per scoop

-Sparklers and Sing-Along around firepit

-Rodeo in McCammon

Saturday AM:

-Patriotic Parade through Kampground! & face painting!

Saturday Afternoon & Evening:

-"Foam in the Park" -- City Park, Soda Springs

-Fireworks -- Soda Springs Kelly Park around $5/person

-Rodeo in McCammon

Sunday PM:

-Fireworks in Lava after dark! (free)

Monday AM:

-parade in Soda Springs at 10 a.m.?

July 9-11: Great Spud Weekend

Friday:

-Mashed Potato Ice Cream Social (vanilla ice cream + caramel syrup)

…at the Pavilion @ 7:30…$1 per scoop

-Real Mr. Potato Head decorating …

-Potato Sack Races

Saturday AM:

-Story Time at Old Shed @ 9:30

-Potato Stamping Craft

-Guess the Flavor (Potato Chips) Game

Saturday PM:

-Potato Entrée Cook Off!

-Potato Launch!

July 16-18: Super Sports Weekend

Friday:

-Ice Cream Social at Pavilion @ 7:30)…$1 per scoop

-Croquet and putting games

Saturday AM:

-Story Time at the Depot @ 9:30

-Water balloon Volleyball at playground

-Snack: Snack mix

Saturday PM:

-Horse Shoe Tournament at Playground @ 7:30

July 23-25: Pioneer Weekend

Friday:

-Homemade Ice Cream Social (+nuts) at Pavilion)…$1 per scoop

-Old-fashioned Races

Saturday AM:

-Story Time at the Depot @ 9:30

Special Guest!

-Button Craft… this could go on all day long in Office

-Snack: taffy?

Saturday PM:

-Make dough boys around the fire pit at the Pavilion @ 7:30

July 30-August 1: Super Soaker Weekend

Friday:

-Watermelon Social at Pavilion @ 7:30… $1 for All You Can Eat Watermelon

-Seed Spitting Contest

Saturday AM:

-Story Time at the Depot @ 9:30

-Slip n’ Slide Activity + Water Color Painting at the playground

-Snack: popsicles

Saturday PM:

-Water Balloon Games at Pavilion at 7:30

August 6-8: Fairy Tale Weekend

Friday:

-Ice Cream Social at Pavilion @ 7:30… $1 per scoop

-Families draw for skits to prepare for Saturday…

Saturday AM:

-Story Time at Old Shed @ 9:30

-Pin a Kiss on the Frog Game…

-Tea Party & Crown Craft

-Scavenger Hunt for the Dragon All day long!...

Saturday PM:

-Perform Skits at Pavilion @ 7:30 with fantasy S'mores!

August 13-15: County Fair Week

Friday:

-Watermelon Eating Contest at Pavilion @ 7:30

-Free horse rides!

Saturday AM:

-Story Time at Old Shed @ 9:30

-Face painting!

-Snack: popcorn

Saturday PM:

-Carnival Night at Pavilion @ 7:30…

August 20-22: Western Weekend

Friday:

-Ice Cream Social at Pavilion @ 7:30)…$1 per scoop

-Line Dancing

Saturday AM:

-Story Time at the Depot @ 9:30

-Free Children’s Roping Lessons at Playground

Saturday PM:

-Dough boys around fire pit at Pavilion @ 7:30

August 27-29: Chocolate Lovers Weekend

Friday:

-Ice Cream Sundae Bar (+ M&Ms, hot fudge)…$1 per scoop

At Pavilion @ 7:30

-Flashlight Candy Hunt after dark! Remember your flashlight!

Saturday AM:

-Story Time at Pavilion @ 9:30

-Chocolate finger painting

-Snack: Worm in the Dirt cups

Saturday PM:

-Free Deluxe S’mores! At Pavilion fire pit @ 7:30

September 3-5 (Labor Day): Back to School Weekend

Friday:

-Ice Cream Social at Pavilion @ 7:30… $1 per scoop

-Are you Smarter than a 5^th Grader? Game for parents…

Saturday AM:

-Story Time at Pavilion @ 9:30

-Science Experiment for kids & Art Project

-Apple Printing

-Snack: apple slices

Saturday PM:

-Family Obstacle Course at Playground at 7:30

September 10-12: Nature Weekend

Friday:

-Ice Cream Social (+granola) at the Depot at 7:30… $1 per scoop

Saturday AM:

-Nature Walk starts behind store

-Leaf rubbing

-Snack: ants on a log

Saturday PM:

-Star gazing after dark... meet at the playground

September 24-26: Halloween a little early Weekend

Friday:

-Free Hot Cider Social at Pavilion at 7:30

-Stories around the campfire

Saturday AM:

-Painting Pumpkins Craft at the playground

Saturday PM:

-Meet at the Depot in Halloween Costumes @ 7:30

-Reverse Trick-or-Treating

Our 2010 Rates

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We know it is difficult to find rates on the KOA.com page, and so we are posting ours here for your information. These are all in season rates (between Memorial Day and Labor Day).
All prices (except for cabins) are for 2 adults.

Extra Adults on site are $5.
Children 6 and under are free.
Children 7 and older are $3.

Full Hook Up Back In: $34.33
Full Hook Up Pull Through (lower section): $37.31
Full Hook Up Pull Through (30 amp upper section): $34.33
Full Hook Up 50 amp sites $38.25
One Room Cabin (sleeps 4, no bathroom) * $53.15
Group Tent Area Sites $17.20
Small Studio Lodge (sleeps 4 with bathroom) * $89.10
Big New Lodge (sleeps 6 with full kitchen & bath) * $149.23
Tent sites along river $24.23
Water & Electric Back in Sites $28.22
Water & Electric Pull Through Sites $32.33
Dry Camping in New Upper Upper section $19.34

*Bring your own Bedding. Bedding kits available for $10.

KOA U

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Here we are at "KOA University" with Jim Rogers, CEO of KOA-- a true boy scout

With Lorne Armor, of Marketing

and Rebecca Baumgardner, with Recreation

This was a fun training for us and we learned so much! We love KOA and the fun involved with owning a kampground!

Flashlight candy hunt!

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Getting ready!

Look what I found!

A family dance

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Molly played her fiddle!

Sierra taught some line dancing!

Our Memorial Day Horseshoe Tournament

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This was our special participant. Was doggie a good luck charm?

Here are our 2009 winners!

Old fashioned fun!

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Gunny Sack races were a big hit with families! We even had some adults get involved, but bladder control became a slight issue!

Flowers for Memorial Day

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We had fun making these simple paper flowers to give as gifts or to decorate graves of those we love!

A really (expensive) important repair

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This is the old water pump. It went down into the well and serviced the campground for 50 ish years until it finally gave out this summer. You can see that it had holes in it and was not providing the pressure needed to bring water to all of the sites.

This is the new water pump. It has a lot of cool features that would probably seem boring here... but it provides plenty of water to all of the sites (even the upper ones-- which used to be drippers!)

Some changes

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This was the old sign....

The Cottonwood Family Campground was known to so many and loved by the same....
We hope to carry on many of the great things that have gone on here!

A bright new sign!

We bought fixtures from a store that was closing--and family came to help figure out how to make this look like a store!

This is just the beginning!

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One of our first projects was to paint and open up the store! We were excited to fill it with cool stuff! We even had a little help from kids!

Welcome, friends!

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After almost a full summer of busyness, we are happy to start this blog to let everyone know how very much we enjoy this beautiful valley. We are grateful for all of you who have stayed with us, and those who will come.
We purchased this campground in February of 2009, and hope through this blog to share with you some of the things we are doing!
We know there are many families who have been coming to this spot for decades. There is a great feeling here--it is so beautiful, and serves as a great getaway for families.
We hope you continue to make this a favorite spot. We are here to serve you and help you find the fun in Lava Hot Springs!
Sincerely,
Cory and Tiffany