Camping with the Mableson's

The Mableson's invited us to go camping with them this past weekend and we couldn't resist! We went up towards Baumgardners. The Mableson's headed up earlier than us and the plan was we would find them. They weren't where we planned to meet so we had to go find them. They ended up by Johnson's bridge, which was really crowded and they were happy when we told them that wasn't where we were camping! We found a great spot by the river and made camp before dark. We had a great first night but it got pretty chilly. The next day we hiked, swam, and fished. We had a giant bonfire later and told ghost stories (not too scary, I didn't want to deal with bawling kids). That night was even colder! Saturday morning Van found a dead snake in the river and since Ross was gone to the bathroom, he was unanimously voted the target of our prank! It was priceless! The snake was then used on our camping neighbors who had showed up. They were freaked out until they realized it was dead! On our way home we stopped at another fishing spot. We've realized that we really need a boat or at least some friends who have one :) After being home for a mere 3 hours, Ila says to me "that was really fun, can we go camping every Thursday?" Wouldn't that be the life!

Here's the snake prank!

Grossest outhouse ever!!!