We went on Monday afternoon to Possum Kingdom State Park. Yep, it's called Possum Kingdom. I never found that humorous growing up but I think it's pretty funny now. We were going to go somewhere closer to home but I didn't get a campsite reserved in time so we had to hike it out to PK. The drive was actually quite nice-- weather was great and the scenery was lovely. It's kind of rugged and hilly out west.
When we got to the park we picked out a campsite and setup camp. The kids brought their cots that Granny and PaPa got them so we put up two tents to give us plenty of room. Reese decided we should have a boy tent and a girl tent. Since I'd never been camping with Reese before I agreed that we could bunk up together (I took Abby camping a year or two ago). He was really excited since he's been on a "daddy" kick lately.
After we setup camp we played around the lake throwing rocks and stuff like that. Then we cooked some hot dogs for supper and later some smores. The kids were asking to go to bed by about 8pm. We all went to bed by about 8:30-- probably the first time I've been to bed that early since gradeschool. It's a good thing too since the birds started choir rehearsals at about 6am.
After we ate donuts we packed up camp and drove over to the trailhead. It was nice and cool when we hiked around the edge of the lake and then up and over a "mountain". We're not talking about the Rockies here, but it was fun and offered some nice views of the lake. After the hike we rented a canoe and paddled around the lake for about 45 minutes. The kids thought it was a grand adventure and were both very thankful for the canoeing and the trip in general.
The kids getting ready for a ride---while we braved the wind!
Top of the "mountain"
setting up camp--not sure what Abby is doing???
They like to climb....alot!
Skipping rocks
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