Marissa is still coughing. Last night was better. She asked for Benadryl, which means she was really desperate, because she hates that stuff. I hadn't thought of it, but it seemed to help, and she got a little more sleep. Not tonight so far. She's back out of bed, having coughed herself into a sweat.
Well, despite the fact that I spent the whole day before we were supposed to leave canning 30 qts. of applesauce instead of packing,
and despite the fact that at 10:30 the night before we were supposed to leave, I realized the refrigerator was not cool (given away mostly by the smell of about $10 worth of spoiled raw chicken that I was planning to cook the next morning),
and despite the fact that instead of running some last minute errands the next morning while I packed, James had to wait on the repairman and for him to leave,
and despite the fact that James started getting sick the 2nd day we were there,
and despite the fact that we had a camper incident as we were leaving,
we had a really good time camping!
We love fall camping at nearby state parks. This was our first visit to this one, and we chose it because it was close enough that Briana could come and camp with us, and still go in to her classes 2 nights. I was so thankful that her weekend classes didn't meet that week. Not only are the colors so beautiful in the fall, but it is usually pretty deserted in the campgrounds by the end of Oct. There were only 2 other campers within sight of ours, and it was so quiet and peaceful.
Being on the end of a small loop, and with few campers down there, the little girls, especially this one, had a blast riding part way around the loop, cutting through the woods and campsites.
She finds this cedar branch lying and the grounds and says, "Mama, can I take this home with me?"
Fun at the playground. Daniella cracks me up. Can you see her dangling in the background? The child spends half her life dangling from something.
This is what she was doing in the background. She can fly across those things.
Trying to break a body part or 2? They're sliding, not walking down.
Even Dad got in on the fun.....
I think they've gotten a little too big to double swing~
We took an easy hike around the lake. All of the fall colors around and reflecting in the lake were beautiful.
Enjoying snuggling around the campfire every night.
and eating smores : )
The Lord has His hand on us the day we left. We don't know what happened or why, but as we were about to pull out of the campground, just a few feet before getting on the road, we hit a pretty good bump, and the trailer came unhitched from the camper. It was a scary moment. As soon as we got out of the car, I praised God that we were not on the interstate when it happened. I don't even want to think what could have happened. The park ranger helped us get it hooked back up, which was no easy task, because the tongue of the trailer was sitting on the ground. We checked out late, and by the time all of that happened, and we went to my parents' house to pick up our dogs, we ended up spending the night there because it was getting late, and James was too miserable to drive. We got home with no more incident with the camper, and still don't know how it didn't lock into place. You can be sure he *made* sure it was locked that time.
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