27 Hour Camping

some scenery from our morning drive

playing in the bed of the truck (aka a secure place to leave your wandering toddler)

Our camp

Well, camping was perhaps not all that it could have been. We didn't leave until Friday morning because we were worried that if Luke didn't sleep well Thursday night we'd have a miserable day Friday and end up coming home right away. So we left Friday morning and we had a very nice day, Luke took all of his naps in the tent just fine, it was sunny and warm, and Derek and I sat around reading the entire day. Then we roasted wieners and after Luke went to bed we roasted marshmallows.

The night went well too, I guess. Except that Luke woke up at 5:30am. We stayed in bed until 8am with Luke crawling all over us and into suitcases and tossing all the diapers around the tent. When we got up and went outside - it started to rain. Instead of sitting in the rain we decided to go for a drive. We picked up some coffee, Luke immediately fell asleep, and we drove around some really amazing countryside. When we got back to camp it started to rain again so, you guessed it, we went home. And after my two hour afternoon nap, I was glad we had come home so I could "sleep in my own shower" as my grandma once said.