Our Lil' Lovebug: Camping Take 2

So last weekend we packed up the Escape and headed to the Gila mountains for our last camping trip of the fall. This one was dramatically different then the first one, both the good, the bad, and the ugly.

The Good:

The beautiful view:

Spending time with friends (and everyone riding bikes except for me):

Yummy campfire food (although pay attention and see below)

The Bad:

Jamie encouraging Gracie’s Pringles habit…seriously…she ate 2 out of the 3 cans we brought for her. (It was only one night!)

MAJORLY putting my foot in my mouth at the Border Patrol stop…yeah how about after the 4 bikes went through, I pulled up saying: “I am carting all the goods.” The border patrol agent knew what I meant but about a mile down the road, I realized that that seriously could have had serious, and I mean SERIOUS repercussions.

The boys had no faith that we could successfully make pancakes and eggs on the campfire for breakfast so they turned to Pringles and beef jerky. About 15 minutes later we served up the best pancakes and eggs!

The Down Right Ugly:

Well, I had to make a patch with Hello Kitty Band Aids because we had a hole. The worst part, there were 3 other ones that we didn’t know about so we woke up on the rock hard ground. Not.Good.At.ALL!!!!

After that wonderful breakfast, we heard some rumblin’ and tumblin’ and sure enough, we saw raindrops. By the time we got the camp packed up, this is what happened:

However, there were a few highlights:

As we were driving down the mountain, we saw a cow in the road. The conversation I had with Gracie went a little like this:

Gracie: “There is a cow in the road!”

Me: “Yes, Love bug, there is.”

Insert a good 30 second pause.

Gracie: “He needs to go to the kennel!”

I laughed so hard, I could hardly see the road. It amazes me how much this little girl knows. There are times I have to remind myself that she is growing up, especially when she comes up with things like this!

Even though I had to get a little more in touch with nature then I intended to, there are things I couldn’t complain about. This campsite was more isolated then the last one. It was beautiful. We were lucky enough to have a creek down the hill from the site. I was so glad I packed Gracie’s rain boots. She had a lot of fun playing with Daddy in the creek!

Times like these make memories that are going to last a lifetime. I am grateful for the time I get to spend with my family, I love each and every moment, despite holes in air mattresses and surprise rain showers!