by Renee Bennett

Created on: February 16, 2007   Last Updated: April 27, 2007

My family went camping to relax so we thought. We wanted to get away from the phone ringing off the wall to the blare of the TV. We were actually setting ourselves up for a huge disaster! You take the time out to plan, pack, buy food, and hit the road! Driving to where we were planning our grand adventure. Having the kids drive us crazy with are we there yet? I have to go to the bathroom, five minutes after you get down the road,I'm bored, or I'm sick of that music can you change the station.

Why do you have to listen to that junk, you guys are really old. You need to style up you tunes. We changed the station just to keep them quite and by the time you get there your nerves are so high strung that you can't wait to get out of the truck. Yet we are still thinking in the back of our mind, we can still make this a great trip.

We finally arrived at camp, unpacking the tents. Setting them up with two almost teenagers arguing over how you are suppose to set it up. No it goes this way or that way, let me show you how to do it. By the time that we had made it to our destination which was 4 hours away, it had started to get dark. Trying to set a tent up in the dark when it is brand new and you have never set it up before is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

When we finally got the job done, we stepped inside to see our new tent. Realizing that half of the tent doesn't have a floor! My husband and I take the side of the tent without the floor. Hoping it wouldn't rain and get our bedding wet. Luckily it didn't. After waking up the next morning to the sound of wining dogs, that needed to go out.

Trying to find their leashes and wondering where you put them the night before, being so tired that you can't remember. Here we were with 4 kids and 3 dogs, the whole family gang had come. We have a Doberman, Rat terrier, and a Chihuahua our kids ages ranged from 3 to 12 at the time of our trip.

Once I found their leashes and took them out, we had decided to move camp closer to the out houses for convenience. After doing that and making breakfast we then decide to walk some trails. Which the heat was so hot that we didn't get to far before we decided to turn back to camp.

My husband and one of our daughter went to the boating dock to get some more ice for the coolers. When he got back we took the kids to the play area to let them swing and maybe give us a break from all of the nagging. Coming back eating lunch and planning what we were going to have for supper that evening.

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