Friday night marked the beginning of the Zohner family camping season. It also happened to be the annual Fathers and Sons camp out.
Unlike last year, I was able to escape the office early enough to get everything ready to go at a decent time. Unfortunately, Holly didn’t get off work until 5:30 so Alex and I had to work with Holly’s schedule to ensure that the girls weren’t left alone until she got home. In an effort to save some time, we met with Holly on our way to Morgan where we said our goodbyes and dropped of Hannah and Emma. Holly was on her way back from Ogden so it worked out really well and saved us quite a bit of time.
Once Alex and I arrived in Morgan, we stopped at Subway for dinner. It was almost 7:00 and the weather was looking menacing so we quickly ate and continued on our way. As we were driving, I realized that I forgot to bring a tarp to put under the tent. With the skies looking like rain, I was regretting this oversight so we stopped at the local Ace to pick one up. We got there just as they were closing up but the employees were kind enough to let us in to get what we needed. As we were paying for the tarp, Alex noticed a popcorn maker with a bit of popcorn left in it and pointed it out to me. The employee asked Alex if he’d like some, which he did, so the guy kindly scooped some into a bag and handed it to Alex. I think that Ace has created a customer for life in Alex just by giving him a free bag of popcorn. That’s good marketing.
Once we arrived at our destination, we were able to get our camp set up rather quickly. Since the location we go to for this event is basically a large park, we didn’t bring much with us; just a tent, sleeping bags, a few snacks, and some clothing. We call this camping because we sleep in sleeping bags inside of a tent but it’s more of camping-lite. We may as well be in the back yard but it’s still fun and Alex loves going camping with no girls.
Once our “camp” was set up, we sat by the fire and roasted some marshmallows but this didn’t last long due to the large number of small boys playing in the fire. (I’m paranoid enough as it is without a bunch of nine-year-old boys running around with flaming sticks.) We spent the rest of the evening visiting with some neighbors outside of our tent which happened to be a safe distance from the flames.
The trip was pretty uneventful other than it rained almost all night. Fortunately the clouds decided to hold the rain until after we had gone to bed so we stayed dry. The sound of rain hitting the tent did keep me awake for most of the night but at least it was dry. I was really glad that we stopped to buy a tarp because there was a lot of moisture on the ground that would have seeped up making our night miserable.
With the first camping trip of the year completed, we are now warmed up for the rest of the trips that are planned for the summer. We’ll be going out one or two more times in June and then we have two more trips planned for July. We may squeeze one final camping trip in during August but that month is looking pretty full so we’ll have to see what time will allow.
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