Week 6 - We went camping!

This week went went on an overnight camp-out to Big Basin National Forest. This would be the first time camping with just my family. Normally, we camped with Boy Scouts and other "clubs", but I wanted to try it out with just us.

This is our tent and the spot we had. I loved that it was right by the bathrooms - but not "too" close.

When we arrived, we set up the tent, and the girls and I put out the sleeping bags.

In the meantime, Nick cooked us up some dutch oven meals. We had coca-cola chicken, and peach cobbler. Doesn't it look yummy?

Afterwards, we made S'mores and hung around the campfire. We were visited by a raccoon who tried to steal our marshmallows!

Almost time for bed!

In the morning, Michael made breakfast to go with the muffins I made. He made something called a "Train wreck," which had eggs, bacon, and hash browns.

The kids explored our campgrounds, while we took down the tent to get ready to leave.

Afterwards, we drove around the park a bit, and found a nice place to take a walk.

Nick was impressed how tall the trees were.

On our drive home, we wanted to get out to stretch our legs, so we stopped off at a place along the coast called Pigeon Point.

So, I survived our camping trip, and it was a lot of fun! Like I said, we usually go camping with the Scouts, or with the Native American dance team groups, so this was a totally different experience. I liked just hanging out with my family, so for me, this was ideal. I think I will go again next year!