This past weekend I went camping with a few friends. The hot, muggy weather was enough to make it a bit miserable, but the overall experience was so worth it. I grew up camping and hadn't been for a while, so Kirk and I packed up our stuff and hit the State Park for a weekend of "roughing it."
By Sunday morning we packed up and headed home. Good thing because Kirk and I both woke up a bit crabby from sleeping on rocks for the past two nights. We made breakfast when we got to my parents house and the rest of the day was dedicaed to taking a nap and celebrating Fathers day.
It was great reliving a bit of my old camping days. Kirk and I had a great time, and it is another adventure to add to my experience.
The first night we set up camp, sat away from the campfire, and hit the sack...Well, we tried our best. A this state park, you had to put your tent on the specified "pad," which was gravel. Nothing like sleeping on rocks. Sleep was not too great considering the heat, gravel padding, and the thunderstorm that came through at 4 a.m. The only redeeming thing was that the rain cooled off the hot temps.
One of the most enjoyable parts of this weekend was going to Johnson Shut-Ins and Elephant Rocks. Elephant Rocks is a State Park that has huge "elephant" rocks. We climb, jumped, and squeezed ourselves amoung the rocks. There are queries there and swimming holes. We stayed away from those (though it looked temping) because they looked a little stagnant.
By Sunday morning we packed up and headed home. Good thing because Kirk and I both woke up a bit crabby from sleeping on rocks for the past two nights. We made breakfast when we got to my parents house and the rest of the day was dedicaed to taking a nap and celebrating Fathers day.
It was great reliving a bit of my old camping days. Kirk and I had a great time, and it is another adventure to add to my experience.
