So the weekend of July 18th we decided to go camping. our first adventure camping as a familyand especially with a baby, so we decided to stay in a cabin, 1. it was cheaper than going and buying tents and all the equipment we'd need and 2. i'm way too much of a girly girl to campin the dirt with bugs! So friday we get up, ready to head off, our cheap vacation, or so we thought ended up costing a small fortune just making sure we had enough food and supplies. And off we headed to Hemlock Hideaway Campground in Huntingdon.
It of course as it has been most of this summer, was raining when we arrived. I don't just mean raining, torrential downpour. We found our cabin, which was right at the top on an incline, which if we ever come again, please remind us not to get cabin 6. It was lovely, but i didn't like the hill at all, especially as the bathrooms were at the bottom of the hill. We unpacked in the rain, the kids loved the loft that they were going to sleep in.
The rain took a little break, so i took the kids down to the pool for a bit while Avery and Daddy took a little nap! we came back decided to start trying to light a fire, wasn't the most successful thing in the world, but we made do. Finally i was lit after Shane and the kids made several trips to get fire wood. Came back and we made hotdogs, baked potatoes and then of course smores. Avery sat in his wagon while all the eating and talking around the camp fire ensued.
Master chief at work. Saturday morning we got up to unseasonable cold tempertures for July. But we made the most of it, the boys went fishing, shane caught a fish. Avery and i took a little nap. We all went swimming. Avery had his first time in the pool and swimming, he liked it but we wouldn't let him in very long becuase of how chilly it was. We then sat around the campfire again, made mountain pies, pizza ones and then my new favorite. Peanut butter/chocolate/marshmallow mountain pie. OMG it was soooo good. Sleeping in the cabin was interesting, i couldn't get away from shane's snoring, so there were moments in the night i seriously considered going and sleeping in the car, no matter how many times i kicked him, or thumped him, nothing, doesn't even flinch!Here are a few pictures of saturday:
So Sunday arrives our day to leave and naturally its 80 degrees and sunny outside. So we pack up after making breakfast around the fire one last time and head to the lake for part of the afternoon. Thought we should at least make the most of the nice weather. Wasn't as relaxing as i hoped it would be but we had fun all the same.
