Kylie's First Campout

Everyone warned us that camping with a baby was not going to be easy. However, our expectations were so low due to the warnings that it ended up not being half bad. It helped that we went with the Benoits who have adopted Kylie as one of there own so we always had helping hands. The Benoits are marvelous people who have taken us under there wing. They invited us to the Uinitas for 2 nights of camping and four wheeling. They brought the toys and we brought the food. Dave made some amazing dutch oven meals; ribs, green pepper, onion and bacon potatoes, and Apple Spice cobbler. He also made an impressive loaded breakfast burrito by just boiling it all in a plastic bag. Yummo! How could we go wrong with a menu like that.

Kylie did well for her first time camping. She has always struggled with sleeping anywhere other than her own bed so we knew she was going to be up during the night. She woke up as many times as she would regularly out of her own bed, as if we were indoors, so we felt like it was a success. Kylie shared a sleeping bad right next to the biggest heater in the world, her Dad. Dave sacrificed the most by not moving an inch throughout the night so he wouldn't wake up Kylie. The nights were cold but we were in 20 degree sleeping bags which helped. On our way out of town, Dave was talking with a forest ranger and he mentioned it reached 33 degrees on our last night stay.

The camping trip resulted in a slower pace but we all enjoyed it.
Dave kept mentioning that we had a successful trip because I didn't say I would never go camping again. Now that's what I call success!