Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Camping Clark and Karas Style

We recently went camping in Flag with my family, rain and all! It was a muddy mess, but we still had so much fun. It was nice to spend some time in nicer weather, with family and making a couple new friends. It has been a while since I have been around a camp fire making smores and it was a first for Alexa. Nick (who says that he does not enjoy camping) even had a great time, riding quads, playing with Alexa and spending time in the WILD :)
Several families from my mom and dad's church went camping as well, and it was so fun to meet everyone. We had not seen many of them since the cruise, and of course Nick spent sometime getting to know everyone :)
Alexa was very worried about the mud she saw from her window on the drive to the camp grounds. She was pretty convinced that she was not going to enjoy comping and tried to get us to head back to Grammy's clean house. However the second she stepped out of the car, she was sold and though camping was the best.
The drive in was very muddy! It rained on and off all day, making for muddy conditions, which were very fun of course. Who does not like to drive around in the mud:) When you go just make sure you have someone in a truck who can pull you out just in case, Blaine and E were out safety net!
Oh yeah tip number two, make sure you have enough wiper fluid.
Alexa and Kennedy quickly became friends. I think Alexa spent 99.9% of her time running around with Kennedy. They spent time watching Barbie movies, writing in their diaries, coloring, riding quads and zooming around in a go-cart. Watch out though they are now known for running over small children :)
It was so fun to get out and ride the quads, even though we got very muddy. It was so pretty up there, I could have stayed forever.
This is the meadow that was right next to where we were camping. It was a great place for Alexa to learn to ride her quad and zip around with her pal Kennedy.
The camp fire was so huge, that it was still smoking the next morning! It took a lot of water a couple people shoveling dirt to get it put out.
Thanks mom and dad for inviting us to go camping it was GREAT!

1 comment:

laurice. said...

How fun! I havn't gone camping since I was little. Alexa is so big and adorable!