For some reason, I couldn't put the words with my pics. So, here are the words that go with the pics. The first pic is where we ended up camping the first night. Here's the explanation...
Well, we decided to go camping last weekend. We always wait until the last minute to really go. I don't know if it's because we know how much work it's going to be, if we're just not the planning type, or a combination of the two. We've also been wanting to go to Bear Lake, so we thought this would be the weekend. It takes about 3 hours to get there, so we wanted to leave around 2pm to get there and set everything up. We didn't end up leaving until 6pm! We got to the campground around 9pm and it wasn't quite the campground we were looking for. So we went to another one, but the spots were all taken. We went to the next one, and the camp host said they were all reserved or taken for the night. What happened to the days when you could just roll into a campground and find any spot you wanted without caring about making a reservation? Anyway, so we ended up driving back to Montpelier to find a hotel. They were all booked as well. They blamed their busy-ness on a baseball game that night and a wedding!! I couldn't believe it was so booked! It's just a little town. Well, we tried looking for other campsites and couldn't find one. We ended up camping by the side of the road, just outside of the campground. By then it was close to midnight and the kids were all asleep. In the morning, people from inside the campground would drive by us and I felt like such an outcast! How embarrassing! It did get better though. We packed up all of our stuff and headed into the campground and found a perfect spot with shade everywhere, a little stream nearby, and flushable toilets and running water. The kids had fun exploring, throwing wood into the fire, and throwing rocks into the stream. We went to the beach at Bear Lake that afternoon, and then to the Minnetonka Caves. It was a pretty good time, after we found a camping spot. Note to self, don't go camping unless you have a reservation! Lesson learned. p.s. Sorry about all the pics. I'm a little snap happy! :)
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Sounds like quite the adventure. Maybe I am glad that it was my birthday :) But that is one place that we want to go this summer.
I think you guys just like to sleep on the side of the road! Ahh, the soothing sounds of traffic. We've never braved camping with the kiddos yet. Looks fun, but we're too scared!
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