roughin' it
We decided to take a camping trip this weekend and had such a fun time. I was, as you might expect, a little reluctant to go mousse-less, showerless and bed-less for two nights, but it turned out much better than expected! And I didn't have to pee outside, so that was a plus.
Here is J cooking some dinner on Friday night. Our campsite was right by the water with a covered bridge just a bit up the way.
On Saturday, we went to Turkey Run. This was Josh's first time to Turkey Run and I think we'll definitely be back. Here he is on the covered bridge:
And here he is waaaay up high. I climbed up there, too, but was scared. And it took me like 10 minutes to get down. In the meantime, some little kid jumped up the wall and basicall ran down it. I kept telling him to be careful but it didn't phase him much.
Then I was following Josh and he did this over these two rocks, only I didn't quite have the hang of walking like this because my legs kept getting higher and higher and further apart. Before long, a small crowd formed while Josh thought it would be fun to take pictures of me.
After the "very rugged" trail, we decided to have our picnic. What a gentleman...
Then we did one more trail up to the Lusk home. We got to tour the house which was built in 1841 and has been restored. Much of the house is from the original family (beds, pie stands, floors, fireplaces, even a panic room with an original gun), so I found it utterly fascinating. There was also a grave from their 2 year old daughter who died the year after they built the house.
We wanted to canoe really bad but they weren't renting canoes out because of the cold weather where we were staying. They did allow it at Turkey Run but we didn't have time to canoe when we were there. We're looking forward to next year when we can!
Saturday night was pretty cold! But we warmed up with a fire
and some hot chocolate!! YUUUUM!! We cooked the milk and I taught J the secret to awesome hot chocolate--2 packets!
We had our delicious hot chocolate while we cooked some s'mores.
I was one HAPPY girl!!
On Saturday, we went to Turkey Run. This was Josh's first time to Turkey Run and I think we'll definitely be back. Here he is on the covered bridge:
And here he is waaaay up high. I climbed up there, too, but was scared. And it took me like 10 minutes to get down. In the meantime, some little kid jumped up the wall and basicall ran down it. I kept telling him to be careful but it didn't phase him much.
Then I was following Josh and he did this over these two rocks, only I didn't quite have the hang of walking like this because my legs kept getting higher and higher and further apart. Before long, a small crowd formed while Josh thought it would be fun to take pictures of me.
After the "very rugged" trail, we decided to have our picnic. What a gentleman...Then we did one more trail up to the Lusk home. We got to tour the house which was built in 1841 and has been restored. Much of the house is from the original family (beds, pie stands, floors, fireplaces, even a panic room with an original gun), so I found it utterly fascinating. There was also a grave from their 2 year old daughter who died the year after they built the house.We wanted to canoe really bad but they weren't renting canoes out because of the cold weather where we were staying. They did allow it at Turkey Run but we didn't have time to canoe when we were there. We're looking forward to next year when we can!Saturday night was pretty cold! But we warmed up with a fireand some hot chocolate!! YUUUUM!! We cooked the milk and I taught J the secret to awesome hot chocolate--2 packets!We had our delicious hot chocolate while we cooked some s'mores.I was one HAPPY girl!!We had a great time and can't wait to go again next year.
