You know I was not overly thrilled with the thought of camping in a tent on our upcoming trip. I could see Addie getting more and more excited about it and before long, I was getting excited too, though I dreaded the bigs and possibly snakes in the bath house.
Yesterday we got out the sleeping bad that I would use to see if it needed to be washed. Chad assured me that it had been washed before he put it away because he has a new sleeping bag. I sniffed it and searched for bugs and decided it was fine.
All of us had been watching the weather and knew there was potential for thunderstorms the day we were to leave. There’s not a whole lot worse than trying to take down a tent (two tents this time!) in the rain. At one point, the weather said “dangerous thunderstorms”. We all decided we would wait til yesterday and make a decision. By yesterday afternoon, it was obvious that there was going to be a chance of a thunderstorm during the early morning on our last day. Chad called the campground just to see what they were saying . . and the campground has been closed because of flooding. They said they were hoping to re-open this weekend but there was more rain predicted so we would have to be ready to leave in a moment’s notice. There are several places where water flows across a low water crossing even when there’s not flooding. I was there once when the park ranger came by in the middle of the night and made us leave . . NOW! They said “Be out of here in half an hour.” We were and I don’t want to do that again.
We decided to rent a cabin so . . a cabin has been rented. It’s air conditioned, inside toilet and shower, full kitchen, swimming pool. There’s a fire pit so we can make s’mores and roast wieners for hot dogs.
It will be a fun trip. We will make memories. I will not have to figure out how to get off the ground just to get out of bed and if I have to go to the bathroom during the night, it will be somewhere very close to my bedroom. Mother Nature, thank you! 🙂
Karen Sutton says
I have to laugh at your ‘love’ for tent camping. Bob was always bugging me to come to our country property with him – I told him ‘get me a bathroom and a bed and I’ll come – hence the RV:)
annie says
Ah,ha that’s my idea of camping, Judy. Give me comforts of home.
Laura L Haywood says
That sounds so much better!
Teri says
This sounds much better and safer too! Enjoy and make some great memories!
Lee says
These days I’m with you on the “camping” facilities. When I was younger though, I loved to just throw my sleeping bag (a mummy style) on a tarp under the open skies and look at the stars as I drifted to sleep. I only had one potentially bad encounter…when a bear ate Skittles over me and I could feel it’s hot breath…I’d been too tired to get re-dressed to put my forgotten fanny pack into the bear box so had tossed it a short distance from me and had likewise forgotten it had a bag of Skittles in it. Lesson learned!!
Linda in NE says
Sometimes Mother Nature works in our favor. We’re headed to a wedding reception 80 miles away in a bit. Forecast is for sever thunderstorms with possible high winds and large hail to be moving in by 10pm and I hope we have the car back in the garage before then.
Dar in NC says
Now we’re talkin’!!! My kind of camping! ;-D
dezertsuz says
LOL, if it has a pool, it can’t be classified as a cabin. Have a great time!
Rebecca in SoCal says
That’s what I thought about air conditioning! LOL
Twyla Starr says
You are going to be making happy memories for you and the family. Happy trails.
Nelle Coursey says
I like the cabin idea a lot better than the tents, did you hear about the woman drowning last Sunday night in the bayou at 10-mile crossing! She was in the back seat of the pick up and her daughter was driving and a young man was in the front also. The went around a flood barrier and tried to cross the bayou. The water there was 35 ft deep!!!! The young man got out and went for help. Took him about 2 hrs to find someone. They found the younger woman clinging to the banks. They have still not found the pickup or the 60 year old woman in the back of it! Turn Around, Don’t Drown!!!