Last weekend we took our first camping trip of the Summer.. We went out in the mountains around where we live and near Prescott.. Like most of our trips, we forgot stuff we needed.. Ha!! This time it wasnt so bad.. Just didnt bring a table or a bowl to mix eggs in for breakfast.. Or enough paper plates, so we were washing paper plates to reuse..
We went up Saturday afternoon. We didnt have a specific place we were going yet. There's a No Burn in effect right now and the only place you can have a fire is in a camp ground.. We drove through the camp ground but figured with Blaine on the run it would be a pain to keep him out of other peoples camps.. So we drove around looking at the other "non-camp ground" camp spots.. We finally found a nice spot with a level spot for our Hilton size tent.
We had fun going for a little hike near our camp.
Ellie and Garrett had fun playing on the big rocks near by. They called them their Pirate ship.
Daddy made a "potty" out of some wood and tree stumps. We also went to Gold Water Lake hoping to let the kids swim a little.. Saddly, there were no swimming signs.. So we swung at the park for a bit.
We went back to camp after that for lunch. After lunch we decided to drive up to this tiny old town in the mountains, Crown King.. The sign said it was only 33 miles, but that was the longest 33 miles ever!! (partly due to the dirt road conditions and not being able to drive over 35 mph) On the way home we decided to take the highway so we could go 75 mph! lol
Both nights went pretty well!! The first night I tried to get all 3 to sleep on one bed together.. Blaine wasnt having it.. He just wanted to play.. So I folded a blanket up on the floor of the tent, near me, and had him lay on it.. I was super surprised that Ellie slept in a bed without me! (Awww my little girl is growing up) Garrett put up a little fight both nights to go to sleep but he does that crap at home too.
Overall, out trip was pretty good. No one got hurt so thats always a big plus!! Kids had fun.. Hopefully next time we will have the Ranger fixed and be able to go explore trails.. Also it would be fun to have friends go too.. We will see :)
