Camping trip day 1- getting there...

I think the saying goes "Getting there is half the fun", well...

With me having been sick the week before, we were behind in our preparations for leaving on our camping trip. We left about 2 hrs later than we planned (would have been later, but our wonderful neighbors Weeze & Dave took the girls for a while so we could focus). But we didn't have to go back to the house to get stuff we forgot like we usually do.

We hit some really rough weather on the drive (I think it was around Lebanon PA on I-81)- really hard rain, really strong winds that blew branches and vehicles. Meg was crying and praying, I was praying (and was pretty scared), Kevin was holding on tight to the wheel. Thank God we made it thru, Kevin is a good driver.

We make it to the campground. Driving in I see nothing but mucky mud puddles and rivers running thru campsites. Some sites were more like swamps. Apparently the storm had hit the camping area pretty hard. But our site wasn't too bad and we were really close to the top of the hill, so just a few puddles.

We parked and leveled the camper in it's spot (Kevin is a good driver and backed it in really well) and got most of the outside set up done. It was around 7pm, I realized I had forgotten a blanket for Kellie, plus we needed to eat and no one felt like cooking. A camping neighbor let us borrow their GPS so we could get to WalMart. (What hotel have you ever stayed in that when you asked for directions someone says "here take our GPS", although they did say if it rained again all 15 of them would be knocking on our camper door to get out of the rain).

Well, apparently the WalMart had moved farther away, but we found a McDonald's and gas station with diesel (which we really needed as the tank was low). And headed back to the campground without a blanket for Kellie. Note to self- apparently some campgrounds are in the "woods" and not near WalMarts and restaurants and Sunday at 7pm is not the time to find a place open in a small town!

We all slept pretty well (Kellie had a beach towel for a blanket and she didn't seem to mind). We were excited for the next day's adventure.