We enjoyed going on a short camping trip to hear one of our college professors preach a revival meeting in Vermont. The meetings were about 1 hour and 45 minutes from our house, but I thought it would be so much nicer and more relaxing if we could stay in the area those three nights instead of rushing home and the girls not getting a good rest.
When we first moved here to the parsonage, there were 2 tents left in the garage. We got one out and cleaned it, set it up, and made sure we had a queen air mattress and a small blow up toddler mattress and headed off on our adventure!
Our campsite was right by the Connecticut river and the bathhouse was only a short walk away, which is always great with two little kids.
We did the whole camping experience; breakfast in a cast iron skillet, lunch was sandwiches each day, and dinner was in the skillet again and dessert was smores.
It was great! Gwendolyn loved sleeping in her little blue bed and in the "tenty tent" as she called it. And Lucie, well, she had to be in the pack and play. Maybe next time she'll be big enough to not roll around and walk out of bed :)
Here is our campsite:
We ate a lot of ice cream from Wade's place while we were there- one time we even drove there while the girls were napping and Dan and I ate our ice cream in peace without them begging for some :)
We went on several walks and hikes each day.
We also went to a lake called Plymouth that had a sandy beach. That was the girls' first experience with sand. They had fun after they got over their fears. :)
We also found a playground that was open! First one in about a year that we've been on. The girls had so much fun on the sliding boards and swings
Though our trip was during a reallllllly humid time, we didn't get too many bug bites! The only thing that suffered slightly was the girls' sleeping schedule. They didn't take their naps unless we happened to be driving.
On our last day camping, we hiked up Mount Ascutney. The view from the top was really great!
And of course, the way up with these kids was a blast too...
On the last night of the meetings, we took a picture of Dan, his friend from college (who is now a pastor in Vermont), and our former professor from college.
It was a great little trip, and we're already talking about doing something like it again. There are so many tenting places here in the Adirondacks, that it'd be easy to stay within a half hour drive so we could still take care of the chickens, dog and bunny, but still have a great time.
Hope you enjoyed this long past-due update!
