Camping in the Rain

The title says it all.  We went camping last weekend and it rained, and rained, and rained.  That would have been just fine if we'd had our backpacking tents which are very waterproof and have survived many a huge rainstorm.  But alas, we took the big family tent so we could all stay in the same one along with the dog, Ace.  We didn't realize just how bad of a tent it was until we spent the night getting dripped on and didn't get much sleep at all.  In the morning, we tried to get things out of the tent to dry but several of the sleeping bags were literally dripping wet.  The floor of the tent was pretty much a big puddle and everything was mostly WET.  We started taking things outside to dry but it kept raining on and off all day.  We finally decided to pack it up and head home instead of staying the second night.  On our way out of camp, we threw away the tent!!  We decided that we would never take it camping because it is too miserable if it rains.

WE DID HAVE FUN THOUGH!!   After our long, horrible, wet night, we built a fire.  A nice warm fire makes everything better.  We had hot chocolate and eggs and sausage for breakfast which was very comforting.  Luckily, the rain stopped long enough for us to get dressed in fairly dry clothes and then head off on a hike around Mirror Lake.  It was beautiful and there were lots of people there fishing.  We tried for a while but didn't catch anything.  That might have been because Ace kept going in the water and so I'm sure the fish were all scared away.  It started raining when we got back to camp but we still built a fire, roasted hot dogs, played some games, and roasted marshmallows.  It really was a fun day and Adam begged to stay.  We finally bribed him to consent to leave by taking everyone to see the movie "Planes".  It is such a good thing we decided to go home.  About an hour after we got home, the hugest storm every came through.  It poured and hailed like crazy.  It flooded the whole street.  It moved through and I looked on the map as it went right through where we were camping.  It would have been awful.

Oh, and Tanner and Rachel didn't go with us.  They don't like camping with Ace and they also had reffing to do all day Saturday.  They were sad to see us come home early.  That sounds horrible but I know what they meant.  It's kind of fun to have the house to yourself once in a while. :-)

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