Friday night we went camping with my childhood friend Shannon and her family at Lytle Creek. Her family is part of a members only RV park. The first people to claim Lytle Creek as their home was the Tahtam Indians. On June 11, 1851 the first company of Mormon Colonists arrived from Salt Lake City as part of the Mormon Battalion. With this group was Captain Andrew Lytle. He never lived in this canyon, but another LDS family came to live in the canyon and built their ranch which is still present today. The creek was used for mining. Lytle Creek RV park is part of that original ranch and has had several owners. Very fun place to camp.
On Saturday, we headed over to the dry river to hike to a waterfall. We were so close, the waterfall was in view when Joshua and my friends son Ean walked into a bees nest. These were the stinging bees. As you can see from the pictures this was a very rocky area. Josh was screaming and running down the rocks with bees all over him. Ean tripped over a tree log and went airborne doing a flip and amazingly landing on his feet. We were really close to a stream of very cold water. The two boys were completely covered with bees. We starting taking off their clothes and applying the cold water to their bodies. I've only seen bees attack someone in the movies. We hiked back out of the canyon and took them to the ER because Joshua had over 14 visible bee stings all over his body. Ean had several as well. Needless to say, Josh and Ean will be afraid of bees for awhile. By the end of the night, a dose of benadryl, and some dinner the two boys were back to playing like normal little boys.
This will be a memory that we will never forget.
