I usually start planning the summer when I'm going stir-crazy in February. Also because you have to sign up for Alice's summer camps so early, I need to map out the summer. So in February, how was I to know that come June 22 I'd be in the midst of the worst colitis flare of my life? Well, I didn't, so I reserved our favorite beach front campsite at Falls Lake for two nights, and invited Simon's best friend Donovan's family to join us.
Because I was feeling so bad (not to mention needing to be near a restroom) I really wanted to cancel the campout all together. However, I didn't want to wimp out since we were going with another couple. So a compromise was made: rather than camping Friday and Saturday night, we'd arrive early Saturday morning and just camp one night. Plus, we couldn't go Friday because I'd had no energy to do the packing, and so Zac had to do it all Friday night. And, to make matters even more complicated, I'm on this restrictive SCD eating plan, so I had to pre-cook and bring all my own food. What a pain.
But the weather was gorgeous and Simon and Donovan were so cute playing together that it was all worth it. (Except those stressful walks to the bathroom.)
I didn't fully document it, but the kids really spent the whole day in the water except when we made them come out to eat.
Donovan's dad, Everett, made ribs for supper and Zac roasted some corn, both of which I hear were delicious. Sides were baked beans and Trader Joes pasta salads. I had chicken soup and a SCD-legal sausage for supper. Poor me.
Leave it to Alice to find a weird way to eat a s'more.
After so much swimming and playing, both kids fell right to sleep in the tent that night. But they were back at it the next day--swimming all morning.
Having some snacks before heading home. I was completely exhausted. Camping with IBD and anemia is no fun.
The kids fell right to sleep on the drive home.
And Simon was so tuckered out that he collapsed on the living room floor and slept the rest of the afternoon.
All in all, if you take away my health problems, it was a wonderfully fun camping trip.
