Camping

We went camping this weekend with my best friend Kaitlin and her family. It was a lot of fun! We went to Conconully because we love the campgrounds there. It's lots of flat grass with nice large trees shading different areas. The trick is figuring out where the shade is going to be at what time of the day. We ended up moving our tent after the first night. We hit the morning sun and couldn't sleep.

Conconully has two lakes, lots of mountains and a cute little town that has a general store. There is also a nice clean bathroom (nice for camping anyway) which is a bonus when camping.

Another one of the highlights of this place is the deer! They are so friendly and come through the campgrounds throughout the day. You can even hand feed them. We had a Mom and her fawn settle down for the night a few feet from our campground.

We love to camp! It's relaxing just catching up on our reading, playing games, exploring the hills or making smores around the campfire. The other thing Joe and I do while camping, is eat well! I love to cook while camping. I made homemade blueberry pancakes and bacon one morning. For the other breakfast I made egg omelette burritos and potatoes. For dinner I made shish kabobs and baked potatoe and marinaded chicken burgers.

Conconully is where we went hunting last year. Yes, I went hunting, but not in the way you think. I don't actually go up in the mountain sit for hours in the freezing cold waiting to spot a buck. I went for the peace and relaxation. I had an awesome time - one of the most relaxing times in my life. I went with my husband (of course) and he had two buddies come with. While they woke up at 4AM to go hunt, I slept in and then bundled up, started a fire, put a blanket over me and sat by the fire and read! It was awesome! My other responsibility is feeding the boys so I cooked a big dinner for them and then packed my sweetie's lunch for the next day. It was great! The most funny thing is while they boys were up in the mountains hiding out to spot the deer, the deer would come through the campgrounds and it seemed like their tongues were sticking out! Ha, ha!