Camping

Well, there is a word that I never thought I would say…after almost 30 years for both my husband and I we decided to go camping to celebrate our 16 years of married bliss…and it was..well, it was like our marriage…a little rocky at first…but then we managed to have a tremendous time.

We decided we should go on a weeknight before everyone came down for the holiday. When I made the reservation the weather looked to be spectacular! When we arrived and checked in, even the camp hostess said the weather looked to be fabulous!

So we set up our tent, which wasn’t too horrible…but it was so humid…our directions were even wet.

We had a horrible time starting a fire (I say we, I mean…my husband). The humidity was ridiculous and it been raining horribly….then the wind picked up…and the temps dropped and it felt glorious.

I pre-made all our meals and had everything pretty organized. I did forgot a spatulas, but had a wooden spoon so we survived. My biggest problem was bringing too much.

We did purchase a camp stove…since the last time we used one was before we were married and we are pretty sure we had one…but three moves and three kids ago…it was just easier to purchase a new one. I also purchased a tablecloth, and a battery powered fan and charger…other than that…we had everything.

That night… it rained and rained…and was lightening and thundering…and it was a sleepless night to say the least….plus we discovered the four person tent was really made for two small adults…not my husband who is six foot three.🤦🏼‍♀️

Despite our sleepless night…the next day we awoke to strangely dried off campground…my husband made coffee with the french press (thank you Jesus) and we went hiking.

The bathrooms

were very clean and had toilet paper

And we spent the day reading and napping

We wanted to stay for one more night…but it was Labor Day weekend and our lovely nap was interrupted by music being played very loud (thankfully not country)….and we were completely surrounded….

In two more weeks we hope to go again…take our 12 year old with us… and come armed with a much bigger tent and a softer air mattress.

Our daughter will inherit our previous tent.

All in all…pretty good time…..we can’t wait to go again….rain rain stay away!