If it hadn't been for the bugs and the fact that we needed to cook our dinner I don't know that we would have a fire at all. It was a really warm day. I think it got down to 73 degrees that night and it was very humid and there was no breeze. Sleep did not come easily. Mason didn't seem to mind though. He danced around the tent and had a great time taking full advantage of a late (more like lack of) bedtime that night. 
Sitting around the fire. 
We had an uninvited guest during our little camping trip. Mason loves to explore when he's in a new place so Travis took him for a walk. While on this walk Travis saw and pointed out this cat that he saw. One of them called the cat over and they started petting it. While petting it Travis realized his mistake. The cat followed them back to the campsite and didn't leave until after we did the next morning.
There is a creek that runs though the park where we camped. This a foot bridge that goes over it. I know, not that impressive.
This, however, was impressive (to me, at least). I've never forded a creek before. Sure, I've driven through puddles before but this was quite different. I was sure we were going to be swept away.
We made it across though. Several times, in fact.
We went camping the following week because we had so much fun. We decided to to a two-nighter the second time around and decided that that was Mason's limit. While we were breaking camp he insisted on sitting in the hot tent or waiting in the car. He had had enough of the bugs and just wanted to sit and watch a movie on his little DVD player. I know, way to rough it. IPods and movies.
Although it was cooler and I think we slept a little better, the bugs were just as bad. We ended up driving to the nearest Walmart and buying some fogger and spraying our campsite with it. I was wishing we had done that the first time camping and the night before. It was great.
I forgot the camera on our second camping trip and was regretting it because we saw a couple of baby raccoons. They were just wandering around the park. I wasn't expecting to see much wildlife but there they were.
Sitting around the fire. We had an uninvited guest during our little camping trip. Mason loves to explore when he's in a new place so Travis took him for a walk. While on this walk Travis saw and pointed out this cat that he saw. One of them called the cat over and they started petting it. While petting it Travis realized his mistake. The cat followed them back to the campsite and didn't leave until after we did the next morning.There is a creek that runs though the park where we camped. This a foot bridge that goes over it. I know, not that impressive.This, however, was impressive (to me, at least). I've never forded a creek before. Sure, I've driven through puddles before but this was quite different. I was sure we were going to be swept away.We made it across though. Several times, in fact.
We went camping the following week because we had so much fun. We decided to to a two-nighter the second time around and decided that that was Mason's limit. While we were breaking camp he insisted on sitting in the hot tent or waiting in the car. He had had enough of the bugs and just wanted to sit and watch a movie on his little DVD player. I know, way to rough it. IPods and movies.
Although it was cooler and I think we slept a little better, the bugs were just as bad. We ended up driving to the nearest Walmart and buying some fogger and spraying our campsite with it. I was wishing we had done that the first time camping and the night before. It was great.
I forgot the camera on our second camping trip and was regretting it because we saw a couple of baby raccoons. They were just wandering around the park. I wasn't expecting to see much wildlife but there they were.
