Monday, April 19, 2010

Camping at Possum Kingdom State Park

March 26-28th we took Brieleigh on her first camping trip. She was 3 months old. Some people thought we were crazy, but she did fine and we had a blast. We went Friday night after work so arrived at the campsite about 8:30 that night (2.5 hour drive). We set up camp and decided to turn in early since it was already dark and super windy. The weather would have been perfect if it was not for all the wind that weekend!
Brieleigh slept on the air mattress with us, and we tried to keep her warm. At some point in the night she was very fussy and squirmy. We were half asleep and kept moving her around trying to get her to go back to sleep. At some point in the night David decided we should check her diaper. She had had an explosion and moving her around so much made it smear all over her back all the way up to her shoulders. No wonder she was fussy! I would have been too! So we striped her and wiped her down with wipes (which I am sure made her frozen) and wrapped her back up.
Saturday morning, we woke up and made breakfast burritos on the fire and had some fruit. After cleaning up we went fishing in the lake right by our campsite. Our friends, Jane and Andrew, got there late morning so after they set up we packed our lunches and went for a hike. It was an elevated hike- very Texasy- dry and rocky. We found a nice spot on some rocks overlooking the lake for a picnic. We took a short nap when we got back before starting a fire for supper and taking another short hike. We made grilled chicken wrapped in foil, sweet potatoes, and black forest cobbler for supper. We played dominos before bed and sat around and talked by the fire.
Sunday morning we woke up around 6 and broke down our tent so that we could make it back to church for David's church duties.
We had a blast though we were worn out before and afterwards with it being so close to our Idaho trip. Brieleigh was a happy camper though and we will definitely take her back many more times!
Brieleigh napping in the tent


Brieleigh watching her Daddy cook breakfast


Brieleigh and Jamey- trying to drink some water (or just chew on the spout)


Jamey, Brieleigh, and Jane


David fishing. We caught nothing, broke a pole, and saw some dead fish. We later saw in the paper a picture of the lake with tons of dead floating fish due to bad algae.


The whole gang playing dominos waiting on our hobo packs to cook.

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