Family Reunion!

For our family reunion this year we went to Lodgepole. This is one of our favorite campgrounds. It is very pretty here, and clean. We are usually dry campers. This means we find a spot in the middle of nowhere and squat. We pull out the 4-wheelers and we are filthy by the time we get home. There are no bathrooms (except in the trailer) and no running water. So showers are out.
Spending 5 days in an actual campground has changed us. We now want to be campground campers. It only took us about 10 minutes to clean-up, when usually it takes at least an hour. When the kids bathed, it didn't look like they were bathing in mud.
I think the fact that it rained all 5 days we were there had something to do with the cleanliness also. I mean Wed. the rain came down so hard it washed the dirt that was on the asphalt back in the weeds where it belongs. Despite the rain, the kids had a great time. They rode bikes, did fun crafts, and Kinzie finally mastered the rip-stick, and broke pieces off her cast when she crashed on her bike. Good thing it comes off tomorrow. All in all, it was good times.
We are now "one of those people" who take their dogs camping. Rocky had had enough of the hard ground and decided since everyone else were sitting in chairs he decided he needed one to. The girls thought he was cold so they had to cover him with his blanket.


Goofy girls



One thing we love about camping is a campfire. I love the smell of the campfire, I just don't like to smell like a campfire. Kinzie started us all on a happy rendition of the campfire song. "Let's gather round the campfire and sing a campfire song, C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E-S-O-N-G song, (repeat) at least 4 times "It will help if you just sing along". You got to love Spongebob.