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I have zero memories from my childhood about camping and haven’t bothered to ask my parents if I’ve ever been. I’m going to assume because I have no recollection, that I have never really been camping before. We did a lot of traveling when I was a kid, but we stayed in hotels everywhere we went. My sister and brother-in law went with my Dad and stepmom a few years ago but I opted out. My brother-in law called me at the beginning of last week and mentioned they would be going again and extended us an invitation. I was supposed to be getting my wisdom teeth out on that Friday so I told them we would have to go another time. It’s not like it was something I was looking forward to or really had any interest in doing.
The dentist’s office called me Tuesday or so to let me know the doctor had a conflicting surgery for Friday and I would need to reschedule. Thursday rolled around and I got to thinking about my life list. Camping just happened to be on the list and here I had the perfect opportunity to cross it off and was not even going to take it. I talked to my easy going husband and had no trouble talking him into it. I called my sister and got the details and told her we changed our minds and would love to come.
We had to do some rushing considering it was Thursday night and we were going to be heading out to Greenleaf State Park the next day after work. We managed to throw enough things together and hit the road Friday around 5:45 pm. It took us about an hour to reach the camp site where we found our tent already setup. I was only slightly bummed that I wouldn’t have the experience of setting up a tent. Oh well, plenty more camping experiences to be had.
We arrived just in time to get the hot dogs cooking for dinner. We did the whole sit around the campfire and eat smores just like I had hoped. I mentioned to Kimberly that I knew a ghost story and ended up getting suckered into telling my lame 1st grade scary story around the campfire. Slightly embarrassing, but at least I did some REAL camping. We headed off to bed around 12:30 am which is when the true camping experience kicked in. At 3:15 am I had to trek off to the bathroom. I got back to the tent to go back to sleep only to hear the most annoying bird ever. The damn bird chirped for half an hour before it finally stopped long enough for me to fall back asleep. It wasn’t 3 hours later when it was time to get up and start the day. I hadn’t been up that early since high school!
We had muffins and bacon for breakfast then headed down to the fishing dock to try our luck there. My 3 year old twin nieces were with us and they got bored of the fishing concept about 5 minutes after we started. We girls decided to abandon the fishing and go look for the hiking trails, which was perfect because hiking is on my list!
We hiked, rented paddle boats, grilled some burgers for lunch and had had all the camping any of us could take. We took a group photo, said our goodbyes, and hit the happy trail. I have to say that the first camping trip was quite successful. Maybe even enough so that I will try it again, or maybe not?
The dentist’s office called me Tuesday or so to let me know the doctor had a conflicting surgery for Friday and I would need to reschedule. Thursday rolled around and I got to thinking about my life list. Camping just happened to be on the list and here I had the perfect opportunity to cross it off and was not even going to take it. I talked to my easy going husband and had no trouble talking him into it. I called my sister and got the details and told her we changed our minds and would love to come.
We had to do some rushing considering it was Thursday night and we were going to be heading out to Greenleaf State Park the next day after work. We managed to throw enough things together and hit the road Friday around 5:45 pm. It took us about an hour to reach the camp site where we found our tent already setup. I was only slightly bummed that I wouldn’t have the experience of setting up a tent. Oh well, plenty more camping experiences to be had.
We arrived just in time to get the hot dogs cooking for dinner. We did the whole sit around the campfire and eat smores just like I had hoped. I mentioned to Kimberly that I knew a ghost story and ended up getting suckered into telling my lame 1st grade scary story around the campfire. Slightly embarrassing, but at least I did some REAL camping. We headed off to bed around 12:30 am which is when the true camping experience kicked in. At 3:15 am I had to trek off to the bathroom. I got back to the tent to go back to sleep only to hear the most annoying bird ever. The damn bird chirped for half an hour before it finally stopped long enough for me to fall back asleep. It wasn’t 3 hours later when it was time to get up and start the day. I hadn’t been up that early since high school!
We had muffins and bacon for breakfast then headed down to the fishing dock to try our luck there. My 3 year old twin nieces were with us and they got bored of the fishing concept about 5 minutes after we started. We girls decided to abandon the fishing and go look for the hiking trails, which was perfect because hiking is on my list!
We hiked, rented paddle boats, grilled some burgers for lunch and had had all the camping any of us could take. We took a group photo, said our goodbyes, and hit the happy trail. I have to say that the first camping trip was quite successful. Maybe even enough so that I will try it again, or maybe not?
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