Not really summer - although temps hit near 80F here today (update: the day after we returned to the city it snowed!), which is quite warm for this time of the year.

Jonathan and Cori are heading back to the States with grandparents for the summer in about two weeks.  Therefore I wanted to take this weekend to make a camping opportunity for Jonathan and I.  So I packed the car with provisions for the night, along with Jonathan and six friends.  We didn't really have a game plan, per se.  We headed to a community south of Ulaanbaatar called Zuunmod, which literally means 100 trees.  After a bit of off road driving (meaning ... no road, head through the fields and dodge large boulders, deep pits and sheep), we found a nice forested area on the mountainside.  With a little 'under-the-table' dealing with a park ranger (we technically weren't supposed to camp there this time of the year), we settled in for a night of cooking over the camp fire, climbing up to the top of the small peak we were camped beneath - and the boys played a fantastic after dark game of "Mission Impossible".  Here are a couple of shots of our camp site for this week's Friday photos (even though it is Sunday now...).





Now we are camped up and ready to receive a visit from Renee's parents on Wednesday night!  Ten days later we lose both kids to the US for six weeks.  I am excited and grateful they have the opportunity to go back and reconnect with friends and family (a little jealous, actually).  On the other hand, we sure will miss them both. 

I am happy for the fun and memories of this weekend with my son.