Camping April 2008

Well, our first family camping trip was a huge success. We all had a great time. The company was good & there was a lot to do around the camp site. We fished, canoed and did some bike riding. I enjoyed the canoeing so much that I plan on buying one in the near future. I wish I would have gotten some photos of our canoeing trip down the river, it was the best part in my opinion and the views were magnificent. We also look forward to our next camping trip which hopefully will be soon, before the hot weather sets in.

The kids and Gregg went fishing on Saturday, everyone caught some fish and had a really good time. Payton caught the first fish of the day and wanted to keep it as a pet at home. I don't know where she got this idea, but I had to convince her that throwing it back into the river would be a better life for it. She put up quite a fight and had the waterworks flowing, eventually she gave in and threw him back.

The weather was beautiful all three days with 1 tiny shower as we were packing up the truck on Sunday. It got into the low 80's during the day and only into the mid 60's overnight, perfect camping weather.

Here is our setup. We thought it was a great idea to be close to the showers and bathrooms. Little did we know that because of this we'd hear people walking to and from them all hours of the night, that was a little creepy. The kids had their own tent and said they slept well, Gregg and I on the other hand weren't so lucky. I guess it just takes some getting used to. We won't be putting our tent this close to the bathrooms on future excursions.

The trees in this part of the country are really something to see. They are tall and skinny with very few branches and they seem to go on forever and touch the clouds.

This is the consolidated campsite where we all had meals and hung out around the campfire. We had a lot of good conversations with our friends right here. All in all there were 6 adults and 8 children. Not all the kids got along, but no one got hurt, can't ask for much more than that. The food was decent (edible, but total junk: hamburgers, hot dogs & such) and the drinks were plentiful.

And just to prove I was there, since I took all the photos, here I am, in our tent mid-day after a long morning & afternoon of biking, canoeing and baiting hooks. I made it through this first camping weekend and I am eagerly awaiting the next chance we'll get to do it all again.