Our Camping Trip

The trip was a success, even though we got rain the first 2 days, it wasn't bad at all. The first night it stormed at bedtime and all through the night but was clear by morning, and the 2nd day it rained at dinnertime, that was a little annoying, but we had a nice family dinner in our pop-up and then I read to the boys before bed. My camera stopped working for several days, so I didn't get to take the pictures that I wanted, but we still managed a few good ones. The kissacks and Nanny and Papa were along for this trip, so the boys had their long lost cousins to play with all week, or pester in the case of Lyra and Solomon. The only damage done on the trip was by the wildlife, squirrels ate through my huge heavy duty plastic food tote, and a racoon got into my cooler and ate 2 pounds of expensive lunchmeat. Camping is a great way to family vacation, but boy is it ever tons of work. It's hard to be organized and not feel like your living in a constant state of mess. My back hurt from all the stooped over food prep and clean up, and it was nigh impossible to keep the children or pop-up clean for any length of time. I need a few more things to make camping more efficient, but overall I did pretty well. Every meal was a feast and we were always famished, so I came home with very little food. We (ladies) baked cookies, banana bread, muffins, and pasta and chicken salads provided by Tonya and Celeste. I made a beef hobo stew, so we all shared our food at every meal. My favorite is still breakfast, I LOVE bacon, so eggs, bacon, sausage and coffee every day is wonderful. I rarely make coffee at home, but I enjoy it camping. The boys slept like logs every night, so that is a sign of a good trip.