A Little Camping Getaway

Last week, on July 20th and 21st, we went camping. We packed up backpacks for everyone, grabbed our sleeping bags and tent, loaded up the car, and drove 20 minutes south to a nearby campground. The nice thing about this place for us is that since we are novice campers, it is close enough to home that we could come back if we needed to. I also loved that there were flush toilets and they were very clean. But it's far enough away from the sounds of the city that you get that outdoors feel. So it was perfect for us.

Travis and Eliza waiting by the campfire for dinner

Jonah napping in the tent

Snoopy is fascinated by the horses we saw on the other side of the fence from the campground. His first time seeing horses

Caleb, Eliza, and Travis walking the dog

Jonah

Roasting 'Mallows for S'mores

the three boys and Snoopy

Eliza

Jonah

It was a great time. Unfortunately, in the morning, we realized we had brought nothing to clean the griddle off that we cooked the hamburgers on the night before, so we couldn't make pancakes there like we had planned. We ended up packing up camp early and heading home to eat breakfast there. The kids all slept all night, even Jonah. The only problem was Snoopy. He kept whining to go outside ALL NIGHT. Probably because of all the exciting new smells and sounds. He spent the afternoon and evening whining to go in the tent. At one point in the night, he got out. I guess we hadn't zipped up the door completely, so there was a little hole at the bottom, and he used his nose and pushed the zippers open enough to squeeze out. Thankfully, he had only wandered around our own campsite. It was when I noticed he was no longer whining that I realized he'd gotten out. If we go camping again, we might have to leave him with someone else.