Monday, September 29, 2008

Camping at Brown County

Cara helped by packing her suitcase for an overnight stay with Grandma and Grandpa F
We stopped at the Lookout spot for pictures while we were waiting to "check-in" at our camp site

So we thought we should turn to LOOK at the beautiful scenery

We found a big field to play some Bocce Ball, Scott and I must have had some beginners luck because we won the game!!

Our new tent, easy to assemble (everything was color coded) and nice and roomy compared to our old dome tent


Our two camp sites were on a nice slope, if you can tell in the picture, so we had to set up our tents on the gravel parts that were flat
On Saturday we headed down to Brown County with Gigi, Matt, Lacey and Derek for an overnight camping trip. My work friends have been going on an annual camping trip for a few years, but this year we had a few conflicts so the three of us had to go separately, while the rest of the bunch is going next weekend.
We got down to Brown County park a bit early and our campsites were still occupied so we enjoyed the scenery, played some bocce ball, and ate lunch before setting up camp. We got a new tent this year that we were eager to try and we love it. Now we just desperately need a new air mattress since we woke up in the middle of the night without air in ours! We played games, enjoyed a yummy campfire dinner, late night smores and shared lots of stories! We had great weather as well!
Cara totally enjoyed her sleepover at Grandma and Grandpa's house! Oscar was spending the night also, so they had a ball. They "helped" Grandma make brownies! They played LOTS!! We can't wait to take Cara on a camping trip, we think it will be fun to teach her more about the great outdoors!!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like you guys had a good time. Wish it would have worked out for all of us to go together. Maybe next year!!! I hope our weather is as good as yours was :)

Anonymous said...

P.S. for got to sign my name :)
Lindsay

Melissa said...

Awwwww...camping. The last time I went on the St. V. camping trip, Cara was a new baby and Kitty was pregnant! The next camping trip should be in Colorado!

Anonymous said...

Em, you look so proud in front of your new tent....cute!!! Looks like you had a great time...hopefully next year we'll all go together!
Kity

G and G A said...

Perfect weekend weather to go camping. Nice tent. Cara looked so cute packing her little suitcase, that came all the way from Italy, just the right size for her. I bet she and Oscar and a fun time along with grandma & grandpa.
Love,
Grandma & Grandpa A