Camping

At the end of June we decided to go camping and our friends, The Holmes, joined us.  We headed down after Andrew got home from work on a Friday night.  When we arrived, it was dark and beginning to rain and the temperature at Deep Creek State Park was about 20 degrees cooler than at our house.  But, we (and by we, I mean Andrew) got our tent set up and we got the kids to bed.  Lucky for us, the night before Oliver had figured out how to climb out of his bed.  So we were anticipating a rough night with Oliver climbing out of his bed.  But, I think it was so late by the time he went to bed, he didn't climb back out.  

The people at the campsite right above/behind us got in trouble for being too loud and underage drinking.  They got about 3 different tickets from the park police.  Then the police officer walked down to us to tell us to be quiet.  We just said, "ok", even though we weren't being loud at all since we all had  children sleeping in the tent right next to us.     

So, our first night was a success.  And we spent the next day just exploring the campsite, hanging out, building a fire and eating.  

I love the grown up conversation the girls are having here.

Everyone got pretty tired by the afternoon and needed a little down time.  

Andrew was quite obsessed with the fire.   But, he did a good job of keeping us warm and cooking our food.  We had hotdogs, corn on the cob and beans for dinner.

We went to Deep Creek State Park because it had a lake and beach to play on.  But, it was way to cold to play in the water.  I think it was about 60 degrees outside.  And actually, the water was warmer than that.  So, we just played in the sand for a little while.  

Oliver picked some flowers for Anna.

Jillian did a junior lifeguard class while we were playing at the beach and got this really cool whistle at the end of it.  

We also went to a critters class at the visitors center.  It was a little crowded.  But, it was good to warm up a little. 

We had lots of yummy food, fellowship and memories.  Thanks for camping with us Holmes.