A Camping Weekend

Here are some scenes from our camping weekend. We had a pretty good time although it ended up raining on Saturday and Sunday. :( Silly weatherman. Why do we ever believe him? The site was not all that it appeared to be on their website. Unfortunately, we had only port-o-johns (5 total for 50 sites) and the showers we were supposed to use had been condemned!!! Poor Ellen on her first camping trip. She was quite the trooper though I will have to say. There were other showers, so luckily we did get cleaned up after canoeing on Saturday. So, we had two gigantic tents for the four of us so that took up the majority of our site. We were also supposed to be "riverside" camping where we were told we could actually swim and fish from our site. Not true. We were actually on a bit of a cliff overlooking the river. It was private though...we could not see our neighbors...we wished that we could not hear them though after dark.

We definitely had some great eats throughout the weekend. Lots of delicious treats, especially thanks to Ellen's Fruity Pebble Treats and Chex Mix. We made hobo packs, Grandma G's Oven Ham Sandwiches and corn on the cob cooked on a fire (yum!!), eggs and bacon one morning and Shake'n Pour Bisquick pancakes with fire-roasted brats the next.

Saturday, we went canoing on the river after breakfast which was quite fun. The river was an

incredibly busy place being the 4th of July. We planned on hopping on a train to go see the fireworks in the valley, but once the rain started, we ended up throwing that idea out. Instead

we headed into town to possibly check out a movie but missed the showtimes so we headed to Damon's for appetizers and were able to watch DC's and NYC fireworks on the bi

g screen. We didn't miss out entirely on the fireworks and were actually able to catch a pretty good show before heading back to the campsite for the night.

Packing up in the mud and rain is never fun, but went quite fast. Dan was a pro at keeping the fire up by the end of the weekend, the best fire we had was actually probably during the rain. Good job Dan!

Overall, it was a great trip with great people. Dan and Ellen were fun as always to hang with. Thanks for joining us guys! We will definitely do it again sometime. Maybe we should even bring more people to fill up our big tents. ;) (Sorry I don't have pictures of those - they are definitely worth seeing)