Home from Camp

Hubby and I are home from a week of camping at the family campground at church camp. We spent a wonderful week in New Hampshire with a lot of other families from our church who enjoy this same week away. The weather was great, we slept more, ate a lot more, read, relaxed, sat on the beach, swam, talked and talked, and made s'mores over the fire. I love that we spend this week with our friends who, like us, enjoy a week away amidst the pines, chipmunks, and red squirrels. This year, more than ever before, we had to safeguard all our food and equipment from these little creatures, or "mini-bears" as Hubby calls them. They were very agressive....one red squirrel even climbed up on my chair while I enjoyed a few cashews with my glass of wine. Eeeek!!!

Here is a photo of our campsite while we were in the process of taking everything down for the trip home. I had totally forgotten to take any pictures this year, so this one just captures our screenroom and "big blue tarp" just before they came down. Darling Daughter is sitting on one of the chairs. Yes, the newlyweds are home from their honeymoon and joined us at camp for the weekend. When I asked DD if this is the way she wanted to end her honeymoon, camping with Mom and Dad, she said, "Of course, otherwise I won't get a chance to come to camp this year!". That is how much she loves it there. We really enjoyed having them with us and they were the center of attention with all our friends. So nice!

Since we got home I've been doing laundry and cleaning all our equipment. The one problem with camping is that everything, including us, comes home dirty. It's such a big job, but certainly worth it. We're back on the normal eating plan now...no more roving cocktail hours with friends, or s'mores, or doughboys, or eating big dinners at the conference center. Ah, camping is a once a year tradition that is absolutely one of my favorite things to do.