Inaugural Campout

After talking about camping for a very long time, we finally took the plunge. We decided to take "baby steps" in our new adventure and set up camp in our backyard... Ok... you can stop chuckling now. You need to remember all the "wildlife" posts I've put up the past several months. Our backyard could be adventurous.

Ryan (the experienced camper) and Robbie set up our newly purchased tent. Then I proceeded to gather all the things I thought we would need and loaded the truck, drove to the campsite and "set up camp."

Only Robb, the little guys and I sat around the fire, roasting hotdogs and making S'mores. We realized that our backyard was perfect for camping. It was a little cold overnight -in the upper 30's - but we were prepared with LLBean sleeping bags rated for 20 degrees and a down blanket as insurance.

Our night was perfect and on Saturday morning - we persuaded Bryan and Kate to join us on Saturday night. Robbie, Ryan and Kellen also made it down the hill and we all enjoyed our fun. The little boys loved running around the woods by themselves and then playing in the yard with flashlights.

Needless to say, we are now wondering why it took us so long to become campers. I didn't take too many pictures - I was busy constructing S'mores, but here are a few.







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