Friday was my last day of training. Wow, spending a week at home staring at a computer screen while listening and watching a slideshow is not my idea of training. We'll see if it ever pays off. Anyway, got pretty much every piece of camping gear in the car and went to pick up my dad around 3:30. I had plans to take my kids camping for two days. What was I thinking? (I'll come back to this) Setting up the campsite always takes time and lots of sweat. The tent itself takes me about 30 minutes, then have to make the fire and get the kids some food. First night was not so bad except for the snoring. Was unbearable! Napkins in my ears were no help. The 80+ degree temperature made it worse.
Needless to say I made it through the night with very little sleep. Woke up, made some breaksfast and headed out fishing with the kids. Welcoming another scorcher of a day! I think it hit 92. Walked around the camp ground, went to the park for a bit, and tried to get a golf cart ($75, no thanks). It was one of those days that was so hot you really didnt want to do anything but sit in the shade and pour cold water all over yourself. By about 9pm started to get cloudy and even saw lighting. Not too sweet, rain was just around the corner. Thankfully, the rain did not come till about 11pm and the kids slept right through it. I really had no desire to clean up the camp site and leave at midnight. Woke up about 6:30 am and started to get everything back in the car. Got outta dodge about 7:30 and went to Bob Evans for breakfast. I really had no desire to spend anymore time at that place.
Lessons learned:
1) Dont go camping in July, its too hot
2) Bring extra hot dogs for fishing
3) Go to the pool to cool off
4) Bring beverages for self medication
5) Maybe not stay two nights, one is plenty
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