Camping...Eldridge style :)

So around 9:45 last night, James got really excited and said we should go camping! I, of course got really excited and said, "Yeah let's do it!" James started looking online for nearby places to go camping and then I realized, "Do we have tents, sleeping bags, stuff to make a fire?" But according to James, you don't need ANY of those things to go camping. He found a place online, we found a sleeping bag in our closet, packed some goodies and drove about an hour up this canyon to go camping! I have to admit, the drive up there, I kept thinking, what are we doing - we don't even have a tent! I like to camp....with tents and air mattresses and sometimes even a microwave plugged into a lovely outlet at a nice camp site.

We drove around for a while and finally found this awesome little place right next to a creek. We laid out a blanket, then our sleeping bag, ate some yummy treats, laughed hysterically and fell asleep. Before we fell asleep, I thought "This isn't so bad. It's kind of fun sleeping outside with nothing over your head."

Around 5:00 this morning, I woke up and there were light raindrops bouncing off my face. Of course I thought, "Oh no, it's raining, we have to go home!" I nudged James and said, "it's raining!" He said, "Let's see if it stops." So we laid there - me totally under the water proof sleeping bag trying to not touch the wet blanket outside of the sleeping bag and James just laying there letting the rain bounce off his face. All of a sudden, the rain picked up really fast and then lightning struck, the thunder boomed and we were done. We quickly gathered up our stuff, ran back to the car and were home around 7:30!