Wednesday, September 18, 2013

A night in the woods......

If you know our family at all or have followed this blog for any amount of time you know we LOVE the outdoors......& one of those outdoor activities is camping! We started tent camping as a family when the girls were about 2 & 4 {would have started sooner but we had a scare with a bear when Emery was tee-tiny & Kayden was 2 so we shied away from it for a couple years}. There are SO many things we love about tent camping but our 2 favorites are: 1) we all 4 get to snuggle side by side for the night. 2) we go to sleep to the sound of bugs making music with the occasional hooting owl! We did purchase a camper 2 years ago & LOVE it also because it allows us to camp no matter the weather but ultimately tenting it is our FAV! 
We checked out this place as we've never been & really enjoyed it!
Another plus of tent camping.....dinner is SIMPLE!
 Veggie dog vs. Meat dog
 Whittling.....
 Mandolin picking.....
We had some left over fireworks & Jon decided camping would be the best time to use them up....... 
  ......if not in their hands then the FIRE! 
 A MUST 
 {view up}
 Morning hammock time
 The girls had fun trying to make smoke rings!
 Nature finds.....
After packing camp up we made our way to the little lake & rented canoes for an hour.......
  Jon bought a slackline early spring & we've pulled it out only a few times.....definitely a fun for any age activity! & talk about some core work!!
 The woods NEVER EVER fail us.....we always leave calmer happier people!