The camp site we had planned on going to said online that it would be opened, but when we got there the gate was closed. So we drove around and found another little spot. We were surrounded by a bunch of other campers, but all of them were in campers and RV's. We were the only one's really roughing it in our tents. We got there in the evening with just enough light to set up our tents and start a fire. It really wasn't too cold at that point and the kids were so excited to be there together and they were loving the tents and roaming the woods around us. Darcy also enjoyed using the little outhouse there as often as possible. Haha.
The Duffin's brought some really yummy tin foil dinner. Really my only assignment was to bring plastic cups, plates, bowls, and silverware, all of which I left in a bag at our house. I totally failed at my job and I felt so bad. We got to eat all of our food out of tin foil with our fingers.
It was fairly cold when we went to bed, but still bareable. A couple hours later I woke up so cold. My 16 week pregnant bladder needed attention around midnight. I tried to ignore it for as long as possible, but eventually I woke Drew up to walk with me to the bathrooms. I felt so bad to wake him up to walk outside with me in freezing weather, but he was a good sport about it and talked about the fun adventure we were having.
Ezra woke up a few times in the night crying. We weren't sure if he was having bad dreams (The only thing that really scares him are cats and dogs, so I'm guessing he was having nightmares about kitties.) or if he was freezing. Poor little guy. Darcy never once complained about the cold. She was busy having too much fun! I've never been a big fan of camping, but watching my kids enjoying it so much made me think we should really do it more often.
The next morning we had breakfast and started packing up to go home. Ezra seemed to be frozen and kept crying, so we put him (and me) in the pickup with the heater on for a while. We planned on going for a hike to some caves and especially the little girls (and Drew) were excited about it. When we got to the trail again we were met, yet again, with a closed gate. We ended up walking around this bridge with really beautiful scenery and throwing rocks in the water.
On the way home we stopped at Minors in Yakima to eat. Ezra ended up having a taste of Darcy's chocolate milk. He threw up once inside the restaurant, and then again right when we put him in his car seat. So we had fun cleaning up that lovely mess for a while, before we headed home and crashed. I was amazed at just how exhausted we all were from one little overnight camping trip.
Darcy and Marley hanging out in their cute little camping chairs.
Ezra loved helping Drew set up the tent.
This is where we ended up when our hike fell through.
Ezra kept demanding that Drew throw these huge rocks into the water. He kept saying, "Again! Again!" Drew was a good sport and threw about 20 of those big things.
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