A few years ago when we were camping at Navajo Lake, I bought these DOT yellow sweatshirts as a souvenir for the girls. I figured they would be our camping sweatshirts. After every camp trip I wash them and then they go back into our camp box for our next trip. I love the DOT color, because it stands out. I can always find my kids when they are playing in the trees.
These are the beautiful Aspen trees I speak so highly of. I believe the elevation for Aspens to grow in this area is 8,000 feet above sea level. These trees are also really moist trees, and if you know how to make a whistle, then this is the tree to use. I watched my dad year after year make me and my siblings whistles while we were camping. It looked so easy. My daughter asks me every camp trip to make her a whistle. I have attempted it 3 times and after sitting with it for hours, I can't figure it out. Most of the time I can't get the skin off the tree. I try sucking on it to get it wet, but I tend to rip the skins after awhile. Even after it rips a little, I figure we can just hold it on tight, so I continue to whittle away at the branch until it looks like my dad's. I think I need a sharper pocket knife, because it just hasn't worked for me. I have even You Tubed it, and I am doing everything right, but can't seem to get it to actually make a whistle sound. Someday I will attempt it again, and my girls will love it just as I did as a kid.
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