Camping Adventures

Well, this weekend we attempted to go camping – key word is “attempted”. Lauren had the sniffles all week, but no other symptoms. And, even though I am 4 months pregnant, I thought I could handle sleeping on the hard ground…I’m tough, right? So, we decided to still go ahead with our plans. Ryan had reserved a campsite at a Thousand Trails campground about 1 hour north of here. So, he left work a little early on Friday and we packed up the car and began our journey. We got there around 6:30 and were able to get the tent set up before it got dark. The campground was really nice with a lake, activities lodge, mini-golf course, outdoor pool, etc. We couldn’t wait to do some exploring the next day.

We put Lauren to bed around 8:00 and we stayed up to play cards for a while. But, by the time we headed to bed, we found her in the tent, suffering from a fever and miserable. We gave her some medicine and hoped for the best. Meanwhile, I could not get comfortable on the ground and ended up going to sleep in the car around 12:00am. Lauren woke up in the wee hours of the morning with a croup-like cough and it took about an hour and a half before she was able to get back to sleep. At around 4:00am, when she woke up with her second round of croup, we decided we needed to leave in the morning and head home. I doubt any of us got more than 4-5 hours of sleep that night. Lauren woke up at 7:00am wide awake and was devastated when we told her we needed to go home. We did get to go for a walk, see the lake, watch another camper catch a fish and then release it, and play in the lodge for a while before we had to take down the tent and pack up. We were home by 12:30 and we all took much-needed naps that afternoon!











I guess we should get an A for effort, but maybe should have known better. We promised Lauren that we would go back in October to that same place…when she is feeling better with no symptoms and after Daddy buys Mommy a nice new air mattress to sleep on in the tent. :)