Camping

We went camping this weekend.  

A number of people told us we were crazy for doing it, but the weather is nice and we both wanted to go.  We gave it a good shot.

We searched for the right place to camp all week.  DeSoto was our first choice, but it is closed for renovations.  The Bankhead was a 2nd choice since it wasn't so far away.  I couldn't decide where in the Bankhead, then we finally decided to go to Monte Santo for our first try.

Friday was busy since Jackson got his haircut and had a late nap.  That meant we had to wake him up to drive to the campgrounds.  When we finally packed up and drove to Monte Santo, we found that they had no sites available.  We thought about camping on a trail or on the parking lot to protest and ruin everyone else's camping time, but instead we camped in our backyard.

We had fire, hot dogs and lots of drinks for dinner.  Inside the tent we had Jackson's sleeping bag, Patrick's Pack-n-Play, and our air mattress.  We had our lawn chairs, a kiddy potty, and lanterns around the fire for a good time.  My parents, and the neighbors showed up to get some of the camping experience.  Later during the night, Patrick settled down and went to sleep ok but Jackson was not as cooperative.  It was cold but he refused to wear anything more than a diaper.  He also never stopped moving for an hour, and eventually broke our camping spirit.  The lights in the living room looked too tempting.

We went inside at 9:30.  It was a good first try and the backyard was a perfect place to camp.

At midnight, Jackson went to the ER with his typical cold problems.  He's on full medicine again, and hopefully gets better soon.  We were all tired after Friday night (especially Lettie since she went to the hospital without me).

Today I brought water to our future raised garden.  I thought about an aqueduct but settled for a trench with PVC pipe.  It was 88 feet of trench and I swear it was mostly rock.  I had to blast some of it.  Here's a picture of the trench with our campsite in the background.  I used a string to make sure the trench was straight, but it appears that my string had a few crooks in it.