Our Camping Trip

Since nothing out of the ordinary happened today, I'll tell you (and show you) about our camping experience a few weeks ago.

We decided to camp at Rondeau Provincial Park since we had been there last year for a wedding and it seemed pretty nice. We headed up on Friday after Scott was done work, hoping that Logan would sleep the majority of the way (he did). We set up camp quickly since we weren't sure if it was going to rain. We had dinner together and then headed out on a walk to explore the park. Logan really liked being outside and having the freedom to eat dinner in his stroller rather than in his high chair with the tray...it got a bit messy!

Logan playing outside

We took Logan to the beach and put his toes in the water, he really liked it even though it was pretty cold!
We were thinking that Logan would be ready for bed after our walk since it was his normal bedtime. But since it was so bright outside and we couldn't make it dark he wouldn't go to bed. He was so tired so we took him for another walk hoping he would fall asleep. NO such luck. So Scott built a fire and we sat around it together until it got dark enough for him to go to bed. Since there were so many mosquitoes, we had a citronella candle burning too and Logan spent his entire time looking back and forth between the flames of the campfire and the flames of the candle! It was so cute. Finally it was dark enough and he went to bed no problem this time and then the two of us spent some time making smores before going to bed.

Scott has excellent fire building skills

It took me a long time to fall asleep and when I finally did I was awoken again by a raccoon snorting around our campsite, yes snorting! Now I've been camping my whole life and NEVER have I heard a raccoon snort, it was strange. Then it came really close to the tent sniffing around too, finally it left. (Hey Pamela, remember the time there was a skunk digging under our tent!)

The morning seemed to come very fast. We were up, dressed, had breakfast, played, had a nap and were up again before most others, I'm sure! After our nap, we waited for Arminta, Hannah and Bella to arrive to spend the day with us. Since they (and Colin) moved to Windsor we haven't been able to see them, so it was great that we were close enough to be able to hang out. Arminta said that they were calling for thunderstorms in the area we were and she drove through rain almost the whole way to see us. Luckily we had a great day without any rain!

Hannah and Logan

Bella, Hannah and Logan

Bella and Logan

Hannah at the beach (the water was freezing and I was the only adult "smart" enough to wear a bathing suit, so I went in with Hannah)

Bella at the beach

We had fire roasted hot dogs and other good stuff for lunch. We made a trip to the playground where Hannah wore off some energy and the other two napped. We had a great day together without any rain.

Shortly after the girls left, the rain started...it was a crazy storm. Tonnes of thunder and lightening, so much rain and crazy wind! We managed to get Logan's food ready so we fed him in the tent and he fell asleep! Saturday night went pretty much the same as Friday night (once the storm ended).

In the tent, during the rainstorm

Daddy and Logan sleeping during the storm

We got up Sunday morning, packed up and left in time for Logan to nap on the way home. Got home and had to get everything out to let it finish drying.

One thing we did learn is that we'll need a bigger car at some point. We were packed full this time. To get Logan in and out, we had to remove other things to get at him!

Logan sandwiched in between all our stuff!

It was a fun trip. Next camping trip will be in August where we'll camp for a week at Music Camp!