Is It Camping Season Yet?

If you asked my Grand-Parents they would say yes. I do believe they have camped in every type of weather. They're brave. I on the other hand am not.

Nick and I went camping last year and it was great weather until about 10pm and then it was like God was trying to kill us. It was pouring down rain for like 9 hours. It rained so hard that I thought we were going to drown. Okay, maybe not drown. It did rain a lot. Our campgrounds were pretty packed when we went into the tent. When we go up the next morning, we were the only brave souls who stayed the night. Ya, we weren't brave at all. We didn't feel like trying to pack everything up in the rain. Then we would be soaked and would have to drive an hour. We stuck it out for the night.

It was a great trip until the rain started. We learned our lesson. We need to bring lots of tarps with us next time.

Growing up my Grand-Parents always took us camping. It's one of my fondest memories of my childhood. To this day, the smell of campfire makes me think of them and the great times we had. Once the campgrounds opened up, it was like we lived there. It was great.

Dechlan hates camping. Or he did when we tried to take him. We're going to try again this year. We went camping in Oakville about half an hour away from where we live. It was the hottest day of the year. I was cranky because I had a very bad first degree burn on my chest and shoulders. Dechlan was cranky because it was unbelievably hot and the campgrounds we went to were really boring. Not much to see or do. We ended up going home pretty freakin' quickly.

Nick and I found a campgrounds about an hour or so away, it has a lake, trails and a ton of things to do. Yup, it was perfect. We're going to take Dechlan there this year. Maybe he will like camping after that.

I love camping. I'm dying for camping season to be here already. It's going to be so much fun. I don't know what my childhood would have been like without going camping. Probably pretty boring.

Our family has always had interesting luck with camping. It didn't surprise me when it started raining when Nick and I went camping. Growing up, our motto was 'Don't complain, camp in the rain!'. And we did. Almost every time we went camping it rained at least once. It was fun anyway.