We went camping. It was awesome and like another world compared to camping in the west. I had a hard time comprehending how green it was. From the ground all the way up to the tree canopies there was vegetation. You couldn't even see through the trees, let alone walk through them. It rained like crazy, as we were getting hit with the rain from a tropical storm down in the Gulf. We ate lots of good food, did a bit of hiking, saw the very cool synchronous fireflies, which is why we went, and generally had a good time. Spencer manifested his love of art as he went to town on some nearby rocks with the sidewalk chalk. That kid has flare when it comes to drawing. We got eaten alive by some kind of bugs, though I'm not sure what exactly, while we were watching the fireflies. I've got 15 bites on one foot, 25 or so on the other and about 15 on each hand. Bill got 45 on one calf and shin alone. We won't forget to use our bug spray and wear closed shoes ever again, that's for sure. All in all, it was a fantastic trip. We really, really enjoyed ourselves. We learned lots about the need to entertain children while camping and we'll file that away for future outings. Oh, and Bill had a total revelation when he saw a Jeep just like ours towing a popup camper. Now he has big dreams for if we had one. Someday...
And now for a few pictures. :)
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| The campsite. |
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| Spencer sleeping like a champ. |
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| On our hike. |
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| Millipede I think. |
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| The girls. |
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| Mountain flowers. |
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| The girls we were with. There were three boys and Genevieve too. |
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| The boys. |
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| The family. |
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| These girls were great. They were always finding slugs and snails to hold. |
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| Pretty butterfly. |
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