Camping Trip

Bryan and the kids took a camping trip yesterday. It was on Maddie's No Bummer Summer List of Fun. She actually marked off most of the items on her list. I'd say that it will be a successful summer of fun.
They set up camp and couldn't find enough firewood that wasn't wet, so they had to come back to the house for dry wood. I went back in with them after I got home from work. The weather has been so cool for August, it's really hard to believe. It had rained up river because the water was muddy and this means the fishing won't usually be any good. That didn't stop the kids from trying. Once we were back at camp, I started to get the tent situated on the inside. That is what Mama's do. The batteries in the air pump died before I could get enough air in the mattresses. Bryan called dibs on the most inflated one. We took a while to get a good fire going but eventually did and prepped our dinner, campfire hobos.

hamburger, potatoes, onion, carrots...

rolled up into a foil pack...

and cooked over coals from the campfire..

 These are so simple but they are so good. You can hear them sizzling away in the fire. We never eat these at home because it's against the rules to eat camp food unless you are camping. Yes, that's a rule at our house!!
It started to rain while we were eating so we hurried and got in the tent. That lasted a few minutes until Blake and Maddie were bored and decided to roast marshmallows in the rain.
It's nice to get in the woods and relax. It seems like the world is shrunk down and that as far as you can see around you, that's all of the world there is. The sound of the river, the smell of the fire and the laughter of your kids, that's all that matters. Sweet memories for sure...

home away from home for a night

~Tara