The Great Outdoors

Yesterday we took off on our first camping adventure. We drove out to the Anza-Borrego State Park. It was quite a drive. We went up and down mountains, all along twisty turning roads until finally we reached the desert. Here is a picture we took from a look out right before we got there.

Then we went to the visitor’s center (mostly because I had to pee) and looked around the museum. I got a new magnet for my collection. After that, we headed to our campsite. First Carolynn set up her tent, then Catherine set up her tent and finally we all pitched in to set up the big tent. Here is a picture of our campsite.

This is Carolynn and her tent.

This is Catherine in her tent.

Then we had some lunch. Here is Carolynn cooking up some Spaghetti-O’s on our camp stove.

After lunch, David and Catherine relaxed at the camp and Carolynn and I went on a hike. Here are a few pictures.



After our hike, we built ourselves a fire and roasted hot dogs and then some marshmallows for s’mores. After our fire died down, we all got in the big tent and played with our Game Boys. We played card games too. Then we all went to sleep. Everyone slept in the big tent. The little tents were just for fun. This morning we woke up early and made some eggs and bacon for breakfast on our camp stove. Here is a picture of David cooking eggs.

Then Carolynn and I went on another, longer hike. Here is a picture of Carolynn on the trail.

We saw lots of lizards on the trail, but they were too qucik to get pictures. Luckily, the lizards on our porch are not so shy.

After we got back from our hike, we packed up and headed home. It was great. It was peaceful and there was plenty of fresh air. We have already made plans to go camping on Memorial Day weekend. We already booked a campsite in Julian.