Camping!

So this weekend, despite the rainy forecast, The Leslie's and The Harris' decided to go camping out in the national forest. Friday night Michael was getting the camper all set up when he thought he got stung by a wasp (we have a wasp problem here)when actually he got bit by a brown spider. So far, it has swelled up and got hot, then it cooled down and today it is not swollen and hard, but very hot...so needless to say Michael will be going to the doc tomorrow, against his will. So anyway, after a very late night we got up at 5am and finished loading up and headed over to Carrie and Henry's. We had to stop at Walmart to get a tarp and some congestion junk for Ella-Claire. When we came back out Michael put the stuff in the camper and felt a prick on his pinky...he got stung by a wasp. Poor Michael didn't exactly have the best start to the weekend.
Anyway, we knew there was a good chance for storms, but we decided to brave the woods anyway. We got to camp and got all set up and decided to go for ride. It was very nice, as much as I love to ride my own fourwheeler, I love to ride on Mike's so we can chat and view the "natures" together. It was neat, right when we decided to head back to camp it started to sprinkle and then when we got back it started to thunder. So we hung out in the army tent for about 2 hours visiting. Its always fun to visit with friends. Long story short, the rain only held us up for 2 hours! Then we went down the water fall where I learned that Carrie is afraid of heights and didn't want to hike in. Over all we had a really good time riding and right after we went to bed the bottom fell out and it stormed all night. Then this morning it was bright and sunny...that is of course until it was time to leave. We went out riding and on the way back to camp it poured and we got drenched...rain kinda hurts when it hits your bare face at 40mph. Of course...as we finally left the woods it was bright and sunny again.
All in all even with all the weather troubles and extra set up to shelter us from the rain I had a blast. We had a great time laughing and being goofy and playing in the mud. I want to thank God for the beautiful land that he gave me to live in, good clean (muddy) fun and good friends to share it with!