Camping Trip

The weekend before school started, David and I decided we wanted to go on a camping trip.  I don't have a lot of experience going camping so I didn't know quite what the whole drill was, but it ended up being pretty fun!  The night before, David and I went shopping so we could prepare our hobo dinners (as David calls them, although I've heard them referred to as a few different things).  We got some hamburger, potato's, onions, carrots, and garlic and mashed them all together!  That's my kind of cooking!  Here is what they looked like while in the preparatory stage.

And this is David, very excited to get his picture taken!

We had a little trouble finding the campground we wanted, and ended up here.  It was a nice little area, kind of secluded and out of the way of everyone else.  We did get a nice little soundtrack for about 2 hours after sundown because the people across the way from us were blasting Adelle (gross....).  We cooked our dinners (very tasty!) and I had some s'mores (David says I'm addicted to them) and then we headed for bed.  The ground was lumpy, slightly sloped, and we didn't have an air mattress or any kind of padding, so it wasn't the best night's sleep.  We both woke up with pretty bad back aches the next morning.  Here is a picture of our camp!

One of the things David did to entertain himself was by practicing throwing a hatchet.  By the end of it, he was pretty good!  I was not.  This is his first successful attempt!  You can see the hatchet in the tree on the far right.

He's very proud of himself!  (don't worry Mom, nobody was behind the tree or in any danger of getting hit)

So we had some hangups, and we had a lot of fun!  Overall, I think I like camping, but now I know what we need to do for next time.