Memorial Day Camping

May 29, 2011 was a Sunday. It was a regular old Sunday except that the next day was Memorial Day, so Corky was excited for a day off from work. We got home from church that afternoon and Corky said, "Let's go camping tonight. Let's just grab our 72 hour kits, camping box, and go!" So we did. Of course, we prepped a little more than if it were a real emergency.

As you can see, the girls were ready the quickest. They were in charge of getting their own bags packed and their pillows gathered. They were ready and waiting. We just went about 10 minutes away to Elk City State Park and prayed that there was a campground still open, with it being Memorial Day weekend and all. We would have had two very disappointed girls if there wasn't. Lucky us, there were still quite a few to choose from.

We had a great time that evening sitting around the camp fire and eating dinner. We used some freeze dried meals from our 72 hour kits that you only need to add boiling water too. We were all very pleased, the Mountain House Beef Stew is actually really tasty.

The next morning we took a little walk to the lake. It was a little windy but it wasn't too cold. Gracey tried her hardest to get Buster in the water but he was not having it. In fact, I have on my video camera Buster nipping at Gracey behind when she wasn't looking and knocking her straight to the ground. It was all very playful and HILARIOUS! Buster was in heaven.

We returned to the campground, had breakfast, and determined the freeze dried dinner and much better tasting the freeze dried breakfasts. Now we know!

The girls also played on the playground and Corky practiced with them how to use a two-way radio.

We all had a great time, despite getting ticks, Buster included, and look forward to cooler weather so that we can go again in the fall.