Rain, Rain, Go Away!

Seriously! I've had enough of rainy camp outs! I'm all for an adventure, but 30degree temps and pouring rain are just a bit too much for this pantywaist! We had to cut short our first outing of the season but instead of dwelling on the horrible weather, I will choose to remember the trip by the laughter and good times that we shared.

Playing Risk in the new tent!

Matt and the kids played Risk, a favorite camping game, while I blissfully napped! The dogs were happy to be out of the rain for awhile and slept, too. The new tent is fab-u-lous! A room for Matt and me, a room for the kids and then a third room for the dogs and our gear! Unbelievable. 

Geocaching with the dogs!

We tricked the kids into going for two hikes! Ha! Terrible parents, right? The worst is yet to come. . . We went Geocaching for the first time but I spoiled the fun and found the first cache in a tree. The kids didn't know what a film can was and I was so excited and found it first! You should have seen the disappointment on their faces! Like I said: bad mom, eh!? Our second search was a bust as the river had washed away the bank where the cache had been hidden. But the good part is that the kids are looking forward to Geocaching (ie: hiking) again!

The dough boys were stinky, too. We put too much biscuit dough at the end of the stick and should have stretched it out along the stick instead. Also, you need to roll the cooked biscuit in melted butter before the cinnamon sugar. Oh, well, lesson learned!

Campfire fun!

We had a lot of fun around the campfire that I started all by myself!! We're not great fire experts so decided to bring the grate from our old Weber grill and put it in the bottom of the cleaned out fire pit. It worked wonders bringing in the right amount of air to feed the flames. Such a thrill! Matt helped Abbey study her Spanish notes for her final and had a great time butchering the language. It was hilarious!

 Our breakfast was unbelievable awesome with our campfire waffles! Even though I forgot the sausage, the perfectly cooked waffles made up for it. These are so easy to make, everybody should have a waffle iron! They will definitely show up at every camp out from here on out!

So, despite the rain and cold and mud, we had a great time on our first camp out of the season. We learned some lessons that will carry on, but nobody cried or fought or went home in a bad mood! We have fond memories of West Branch 2014!