Don't get me wrong, Etta is completely delightful, but she is Trouble. She ate dirt and squished bugs with her fingers. She fell off the picnic table multiple times. She stomped dirt in the tent. She tried to jump in the creek by our campsite- that's just to name a few. When we were outside the tent there was not one moment of rest. Between going on bug hunts with Aven and trying to keep Etta alive I was completely exhausted by 4:30 pm (we arrived at 1:45). The most relaxing part of the trip was the 45 minutes after dinner that I spent doing homework in the tent while Aven and Etta watched Frozen on the iPad.
I fully admit to my camping wimpiness- we'll try again next year. Now enjoy some pictures of our amazingly exhausting trip:
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| Things were good in the beginning. |
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| "Hiking" before dinner. "Hiking" is just another fancy word for "trying to protect Etta from herself". |
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| The view from our campsite was incredible. |
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| A brief moment of peace. |
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| My hunky honey chopping firewood. |
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| Yep, they sure are cute! |
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| I would like everyone to note that in this picture I am actively preparing a meal in the out-of-doors. |
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| Making breakfast "together" i.e. fighting over who gets to hold the whisk. |
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| What did I tell you? She loved eating that dirt! |
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| After breakfast Etta pointed to the woods and said "is Emmo" (it's Elmo). I looked to where she was pointing and instead of Elmo I saw this deer. I guess to Etta deer and Elmo are one in the same. |
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| On the way home we limped around Cascade Springs in an effort to show that we aren't complete lame-os. |
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| It was pretty. |
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| This sweet kid very sincerely thanked her daddy for planning such a fun camping trip. That's all he needed to hear! |
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| More prettiness. |
