Last weekend was Columbus Day which means it was finally time to go camping. We only had our reservations for 11 months. JoAnn wanted to make sure we got them the earliest we possibly could. She was so early that she accidentally signed up for an extra day–Thursday.
RAW went down early to keep JoAnn company but really to help her set up her camper since her husband was due down until Friday evening.
Me and the kid left on Friday as soon as she got home from school. It’s a 3 hour drive, we got there at exactly 6:00.
Barb and Jim, and Mike and Ivy were also already there. Only Deb and Joe hadn’t arrived yet.
The weather forecast for the weekend was for cold. I packed up every warm thing and for the most part stayed warm enough. Because we were with other people I sat at the campfire all night which resulted in literally freezing my ass off. Ok, not really literally but I would say the closest thing to literally. I couldn’t sleep that first night because my frozen ass was radiating cold and was distracting. I got use to it enough to sleep the next two nights but all three nights were the same, frozen ass–it was bizarre.
By the time I got to the campground (Governor Dodge SP) RAW was already feeling no pain. He is a sappy drunk. I have no problem with that but he is cranky as hell when he sobers up and that was on full display in front of everyone at the campground–embarrassing. I told him it was time for him to leave and he did. Fortunately he didn’t get like that the other nights.
On Saturday it was breakfast at our campground.
After breakfast, JoAnn, Mark, Barb, RAW Hollace and I headed out to House on the Rock. It has been many years but still I don’t remember anything like this. It was crazy with stuff and things to see. Hollace loved it for the old timey stuff and chandlers.
Saturday for dinner, Mike made lasagna and peach cobbler in the dutch oven.
Was kind of torn at the campfire that night. There was the work friends campfire and the neighbors one. I was the common thread between both groups. We spent a good time at Mike’s campfire until Ivy and Barb went off to bed. That was my queue to leave. I went to JoAnn’s fire. It wasn’t 10 minutes before RAW and Mike came over–I was busted 😉
Sunday Deb and Joe left early and Jim and Barb worked on leaving. JoAnn/Mark, Mike/Ivy and us all planned on staying until Monday. Actually Mark had to leave on Sunday too so him and JoAnn toured around the SP. RAW took a nap and Hollace and I went to Mineral Point which is sort of an artisan town.
We got back in time for snack time. Mike and Ivy was laying out some crackers and cheese. It was only Hollace and I. Mike made dinner again (hamburgers and hotdogs). He keeps us well fed that none of us ever really touched the food we brought to cook.
Monday was time to pack up and head back home. Since we drove separately Hollace and I could head out earlier then RAW. We got back home by 2:15.