We love camping. It is hard to do out here in California. Campsites fill up fast, you have to make plans months in advance. Usually we go camping once a year in May down at Big Sur. We have to make the reservations in November the year before. If we forget, we are out of luck.
One of our friend's suggested we try camping through the LDS church camp grounds. We were able to make a reservation just about a week before we wanted to go camping and head out. It was pretty easy...and so much cheaper than California campgrounds.
The kids were off school on Friday so we headed out to camp. We had to drive for a few hours and true to getting anywhere good around here we had to take some wicked windy roads. We all got car sick.
At one point we had to pull over to try and prevent everyone from barfing. While we were stopped, Wyatt found a letterbox! We need to do more of those. We haven't found one in ages.
We made it to the camp ground deep in the redwoods. We met the couple who ran the camp site and checked into our little cabin. We had to park on one side of the river and make trips over this cool suspension bridge to get everything over to the camp site. It was totally worth it. The kids all helped make trip after trip and we all had fun exploring the area. There was so much to do!
My favorite part, this amazing rope swing! Everyone took turns on the swing and loved it.
Over the next few hours our friends started showing up. We all oohed and awed over the little cabins, the out door kitchen, the functioning bathrooms (with showers!) the sport area, river, hiking trails, fire pit, and ropes course. We spent the afternoon playing with friends and preparing a delicious dinner. We did discover that we all brought a ton of food. We were going to be well fed over the weekend.
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