so i have a lot of ideas in my head for what to title this post with
sooo hard to choose one soooo i am leaving it up to you
help me title this
so jer came home on thursday and says to me.....hey you want to go camping
i say hey sure...we have everything we need but the right food
so on friday while he is cutting down some of the branches off the trees in the front yard i am packing the van with all the supplies
while he brings the branches to compost i got grocery shopping
we have some great lunch of eggs and toast
after lunch we take off for a camp ground at a lake about an hour and half away
of course not leaving until my motion sickness child gets his meds
we get to the town just out side of the lake and notice some really dark(as in black) clouds
jer tells me to check weather on my phone
turns out calls for 70% chance of thunderstorms and a tornado warning
OK not camping there
now where to go
well away from the clouds
so we keep going in a different direction
we come along to this town and i am hey there is a camp site really close by here
so that is where we decided to go
but we turn down a wrong road for a while sooo that was more driving
finally we got on the right track
got to the campground
it was lightly raining but no black clouds and just a forecast of light rain
we got a really good site, close to the beach and bathrooms.....it was great to finally be there
we start set up....not a lot of stuff considering we were only staying for one night
we pull out chairs, BBQ, and tent
pick a spot for the tent
took a time out for bug spray
spread out the tent and got ready to put the poles in
one pole broken
POLE BROKEN
what do we do...even tape may not have worked
it took jer another 10 mins staring at it to come to the point of it was really broken
what we do?
look at each other
decide to go to the beach a bit(we promised the kids after all)
pack up
go to PA and try to go have supper and a movie in PA
the kids played at the beach and in the water for about an hour or more
they loved it
we packed up everything but the tent(it is in a garbage bin) and changed the kids and were off
oh but we took a shot at getting our camping fees back.....yup sure did but not park fees which makes sense
we snacked on the way(i went grocery shopping after all)
stopped to see if cars 2 was sold out and it was
stopped at mc donalds for a small snack/ supper
and to home we went.
friday we spent more time in the van then not almost.
it was a gong show, but at least we now know that our tent is shot and we need a new one
and at least we weren't with other people that we would have to ditch
i do have pictures but i misplaced my camera recently :(
they will come as soon as i find it
5 comments:
I have no ideas for a post title but it was a great story! lol Glad to see gong shows happen to everyone :)
I'm so not good at titles, but "the camping trip that wasn't"? I dunno.
At least you had some time together as a family. :) And, it makes a funny story!
ooohh, sounds like that coulda been a crappy ending to what was supposed to be a good weekend, but you guys are great at making the best of it :) good job!!
I don't want to be the bearer of bad news (since the tent stayed in the garbage) but one can get replacement poles for a tent...
"Adventure-less"
"We're Here for a Good Time, Not a Long Time"
That stuff seems to happen...I'm sure the kids had fun:) I hope you guys had some fun too.
We thought the chance of anyone haveing a pole for our hundred dollar tent that we got on sale for cheaper at costco was a long shot.
I like adventure......less.
thanks Juanita.
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