Triple Shock!: Our First Real Camping Trip!

Monday, August 13, 2012

Our First Real Camping Trip!

We took our first real camping trip on Friday night. We have gone camping several times at my family’s lot at Mark Twain Lake, but we have always had the pleasure of staying in someone’s camper so that doesn’t count as real camping! Since Friday was supposed to be so nice we packed up our camping gear and headed to the river to camp on the sand bar. The boys played in the water for a while until they realized it was cold when they got out, then they just played in the sand while we put the tent up. When they were done swimming we took their life jackets off and put them in the sand. The rule was they couldn’t go past the life jackets without them on. We think they really enjoyed not having to wear them the entire time and just running everywhere in the sand. Then there was a surprise and the Pirate Ship the Gypsy Rose II came to the sand bar. We took a walk so the boys could see it. They even got to try to catch footballs that the Captain was shooting out of his cannon. We went back to our spot and ate Boy Scout Burgers for dinner. We then roasted marshmallows and finally went to bed. The next morning it was quite chilly, but once the sun came up over the trees it warmed up quickly and the boys were able to swim a little more before it was time to go home. They did much better than I expected. We had so much fun we are already trying to plan our next river camping adventure!