Mixed Camping Weekend

We did it! We camped in 2011. We have an unofficial goal to get the pop-up out for at least one camping trip every year. Knowing this year would be a challenge we waited as long as possible, but survived.

The trip had its ups and downs.

UP: Sunset #1

UP: Nice stroll through Pentwater on Friday night

DOWN: 2 very fussy and whiny babies. 1 naughty 3 year old.

DOWN DOWN DOWN: Sleeping. We intended to camp Friday and Saturday nights, but only survived Friday.

• 8:00 pm - 90 minutes of screaming babies until lights off and everyone quiet
• 10:30 pm - we go to bed
• 11:45 pm - William wakes up hysterical. Holding him with a pacifier does no good. Takes a full bottle and goes back to sleep.
• 12:30 am - finally back in bed after the William debacle
• 12:45 am - Jack wakes up. Stands up, giggles, and bounces around for at least 15 minutes. Mercifully doesn't start crying.
• 2:45 am - William wakes up hysterical. Holding him with a pacifier does no good. Takes a full bottle. This time Jack wakes up and starts jumping around while laughing. Decide to give him a bottle as well.
• 3:30 am - finally back in bed. Swear to each other that we are not staying a 2nd night.
• 7:30 am - everyone wakes up. Considering how poorly the first half of the night went, we were pretty happy with the 2nd half.

UP: Lewis farm. The animal farm nearby was the highlight, especially the camel.


We thought we'd give William a little scare by putting some food in front of him and letting the camel get real close.
Instead of crying, he latched on to the camel's nostril.
UP: Charles Maers State Park. Saturday afternoon was beautiful.
Happy at times.


UP: Evelyn and Esther goofing off together
UP: Hike up "old baldy"

UP: Sunset #2



Overall it was a good trip, but there was a lot of crying and a lot of work. Hopefully next year will be better.