Catching Up, Part Three - Camping, Day One

Okay, onto the camping! We had Ana's party on Saturday, and left for camping on Sunday. We weren't even sure we were going to go because the weather forecast had been looking gloomy, but we decided Sunday morning that we would give it a try. We didn't get out of the house until about 3:30, and still had to stop at Wal-Mart for groceries, but there was no rush. We had originally planned on leaving Monday, so getting there anytime on Sunday mainly served the purpose of being able to have two full days at the beach instead of one! Ian was so excited, he had been looking forward to this since before school ended. He was especially excited because he got to ride in the RV to the beach. We were actually able to all ride together as Ana's car seat went nicely in the backwards facing front seat. Anyways, we pulled into our campsite around dinnertime and it promptly began to thunder, lightning and downpour. My parents came down to show us how to set up the awning, but were unable to because of the wind that the storm kicked up, so they just gave us the audio version. We sat in the RV and ate sandwiches and listened to the rain pelt the roof of the RV (which I love the sound of!) just waiting for the storm to pass. It wasn't too long before the rain slowed and the sun started to peek through the clouds again. We decided to go for a walk down to the beach, which, believe it or not, took some convincing to get Ian to agree to! He just wanted to be in the RV I think, but he finally gave in and he ended up having a ball of course! The parking lot we had to pass through to get to the beach was all enormous puddles! He was in heaven splashing his way through, and would have been happy if that was all we did, but we did eventually make it down to the ocean. He lost no time getting into the water, even though he was wearing pants, and thoroughly enjoyed jumping over the waves. Ana enjoyed watching him for a while but soon wanted to get out of the stroller so we took her out and walked her down to the water, which really didn't impress her all that much...she cried every time the waves lapped above her ankles!

Ian especially enjoyed climbing the trees. Every site has one, and they are perfect for climbing, all crooked and bumpy.

Splashing in the puddles on the way down to the shore...



The waves were pretty big after the storm and Ian was caught off guard a few times!



He loved to stand still and let the sand bury his feet, look how deep it got, up around his ankles!



On the way back to camp, he kept saying how his legs were tired, and they felt heavy. We told him it was just because he was wearing pants, and they get heavy when they are wet. Well, after the umpteenth time of hearing him complain, we took a look and discovered that his pants, stupid cheapy Wal-Mart design, had pockets on the ankles! What do you need pockets there for?! Anyways, the sand had filled the pockets and he was carrying probably a pound of sand on each leg, poor kid! We emptied them and he was much better!



Back at camp, we got Ana to sleep, then opened up the two beds in the main area and put on The Lion King while eating ice cream and s'mores made over the campers stove top 'cause we weren't building a fire right then! Ian didn't seem to mind and seemed to thoroughly enjoy his snack! It was a nice start to our camping trip!