Camping!

We took both kids camping last summer.  It was rather unpleasant.  However, both Gil and I were hankering to adventure and decided to try again.  It went better, kind of.

We got a site on the Mogollon (pronounced MU-gee-in, don't ask me why) Rim.  It is a beautiful part of the state.  

We got to our site and got the tents set up.  We knew we didn't all want to crowd into one tent again so we brought both.  Both tents are getting old, with pieces cracking, tent pole elastic failing, and coatings flaking off.  The kids didn't seem to notice and were in and out of the kids tent, thrilled for the adventure.

We took a quick hike before dinner, ate, roasted marsh mellows, then got ready for bed.  Lauren was up about 11, crying uncontrollably.  We settled her down but she was up again a few hours later.  We ended up putting her in the tent with Gil and I slid in next to Wesley.  

The sky started to brighten around 5am but we didn't get up for a few hours even though we were awake because it was cold!!  Oh my!  It's amazing what a little elevation can do.  We were down in the 30s overnight and it felt good to snuggle into my sleeping bag.  It warmed quickly as soon as the sun was fully up.  We packed up camp and drove around a bit to explore the area and took another quick hike along the Rim.

We headed off the Rim and into Payson where we went to our favorite park, had lunch, and played on the playground before heading home.  Gil and I are thinking we might be ready to go camping a bit more regularly.  Stay tuned...