Camping Fun

This week we went to Mohican Campground. This is one of our family’s favorite campgrounds. It also happens to be many other’s favorite because it is difficult to get a site on the weekend and during the week is very busy too. We choose to go during the week so that we could get the site that we wanted. The site was at the end of a cal-de-sac. It was perfect to let the kids ride bikes and play at the camp site without worries.

We had a great time and had great weather most of the time. The kids were able to make friends with some of the neighboring camps. Leah spent a lot of time in bike races with the boy next door. Leah and Caleb both love the river, but as soon as Rod put Alissa’s feet in the water she screamed. She wanted little to do with the river. After that when we would set her down near the river she would start screaming. However, finally she decided it wasn’t too bad to look at as long as she didn’t get wet.

We knew that the big thing there was to ride down the river in inner tubes, but we didn’t take on with us. However after we got there we decided that Leah and Caleb would probably enjoy it so we decided to go and buy one at the camp store. First Rod took Leah down. She was very excited to go, but then decided that it was a little scary and that she didn’t like the cold water. Rod said that she spent much of the time trying to crawl on top of his head to get out of the water. Then, Caleb and I went down. He wasn’t so sure about it at first, but soon decided that he loved it. We had a good time and he spent a lot of time laughing at me when I hit a rock and hurt myself! Later, Rod and I swapped children and I took Leah down. She had a much better time the second time. She knew what she was getting into and we had a long talk about how the water wasn’t too cold and it wasn’t any different than getting into the pool.

Mohican also has a pool. Leah is finally learning how to doggy paddle and she is getting a little more adventurous when it comes to the pool. She is the one who would have spent hours at the pool. Caleb liked jumping in, but he doesn’t quite have the doggy paddle down yet and he gets bored with the whole idea very quickly. Alissa and I went over to the baby pool. Alissa hated the water there too. It really wasn’t very cold, but she was scared and didn’t want much to do with it. I gave her a few toys, but it only helped a very little bit. However, she sure did look cute in here bathing suit and hat! The second day that we went to the pool, Alissa still hated the baby pool, but decided that it wasn’t too bad to sit on the edge of the big pool and splash with her feet.

Overall it was a great camping experience and we all had a lot of fun. Rod was even able to squeeze in some fishing. Although after we went to bed on our last night there, it started raining and he couldn’t go fishing the last morning because it was still raining when we woke up. The rain made quite a bit of noise on the camper roof and Leah asked what it was. Rod told her that there was a bunch of angry squirrels throwing acorns at us. Leah wasn’t so sure about that. Later when it was barely sprinkling, the kids went out to play. Leah came back in shortly after and needed to tell daddy that it was rain on the roof, not coconuts! It cleared up enough that we got to go on a bike ride, a short hike and a walk in the river the morning before we left.