Camping at Indian Valley

We had a wonderful weekend of camping. No creepy raccoon attacks! Just some evil vampire mosquitoes out for blood and they didn't care if you spray or smeared yourself with toxins. Other than that and packing up in the rain again, all was well. Canoeing was especially fun!

A pretty green view from the canoe.

A white goose, so Brad tells me... I kept calling it a duck.

Turtles!

Camping...

Good things about camping...
Spending time with my family, sitting around a warm campfire when it's cold and grey, roasting marshmallows, stars, bird songs, fuzzy caterpillers, camp crafts, making jiffy pop popcorn on the campstove, gooey warm grilled cheese for lunch, candle light breakfast, hiking many miles, chipmunks, bunnies, deer, bird watching, swimming, hobo dinners, being really tired at bedtime.

Bad things about camping...
Cold grey days, rain, spiders, killer raccoons getting into our screen porch every night scaring the crap out of us! (we kept our food in the van,) being awoken dozens of times by raccoons, campground showers...so gross, the restroom being really super far from our campsite especially at 4:00am with killer raccoons running amok, zipping and unzipping the tent a million times, washing my hair at 6:00pm and forgetting my blow dryer... wet hair most of the freezing cold night, Brad having to leave for work two days at 6:00am (with the stupid raccoons still on the prowl.)