Camping

This past weekend we went on our first family camp-out.  Before you think how brave we are, you should know that the camp out was in our neighborhood on a driving range for only 1 night.  Just think of it as Intro to Camping 101.  We got to the driving range just before dinner time and set up the tent.

Then the girls threw off their shoes and ran up and down the driving range with all the other kids.  They also collected many, many handfuls of golf balls.  (As a side note, Bailey kept calling them basketballs, even though we corrected her every time.)

Then there was a cookout, popcorn, and a movie. 

After the movie was over, they started another movie and they finally turned it off at 11:00 p.m.  So it was a late night for the girls, but they did sleep all night in the tent.  The bad part came in the morning when the people who do the maintenance on the golf course started mowing, blowing, and edging at 6:00 a.m.  Boy, that was an early morning, so all the tents around the range came down very quickly.  We were back home before 7:00 and had plenty of time to get ready for church.  After church brought VERY good naps for all of us.

Overall, it was a fun family night, but I can see how difficult it would be to really camp.  We have a tent now, though, so I think we will definitely try again, and next time, maybe we'll try air mattresses.