This past October(yes I'm a little late again, but at least I'm trying to get caught up;)) my love turned the big 30! Derick is a pretty easy guy to buy for. Anything makes him happy but I really wanted to do something extra special this year. So at the very beginning of the year I started planning a trip to Nashville. If you know Derick at all then you know Music is just about the most important thing to him! He has been a couple times before but never to the Grand Ole Opry. I on the other hand have been a time or two and couldn't careless. But I started telling my family in case they wanted to join us. Not too long after I call and got prices for the Opryland hotel the major flood came thru and damaged the Opry....the whole point of the trip. All I could get out of the people were they hoped to have it back open in October?! So needless to say plans changed!!
Plan#2. Derick and I had talked many times about going camping. It sounded like fun but I had never stepped foot in a tent. I knew Callee would love it but Gracie and Hynlee, well I wasn't so sure about. But I went for it. I booked a campsite in North Georgia, Cloudland Canyon. This was still going to be a surprise. But as time got closer I had NO idea what we needed. Sure I could get somethings but as far as the lanterns,firewood,gun for safety I was completely lost. So in the end the girls and I spilled the beans to say! And no sooner than the words left my mouth I regretted them. Derick said he understood but I guess it just took some of the excitement away.
Not really sure what took us so long to leave. But we got a very late start and the ride there took longer than I think either of was expecting! Kasey and Charles were joining us and we tried our best to make it before the sun went down. But it just didn't happen! So try you best to imagine arriving at a campsite when it's completely dark, oh and I forgot to mention the only campsites remaining were the hike ins. No problem is what I thought at first. I thought there would be trails! Nope no trails, no lights and three kids and two tents to hike in. A nice lady obviously noticed we had more than we could handle and offered to help. As we made the LONG hike in holding more than each could possible carry...yes even the kids. I think we woke every person and animal in the whole park. I have to add this. Remember when I said I wasn't sure what took us so long to leave? Well that's not completely true. We made a pit stop for walmart's camping section and stayed WAY TOO LONG! And while we were there Callee was whining for a flashlight that attaches to your head. I , yes I take full responsibility for persuading her to buy either a cute pink Coleman lantern or just a regular flashlight. With Callee being Callee she choses the plain, regular one. So back to my point. As we were falling and tripping all over the place and trying out best to hold our load and carry a light. Callee turns and looks at me and simply says,"Now don't you wish we would have bought the other lights?" She was right, I was wrong. There I said it.
But to make a longer story short, we had a blast! Kasey and Charles stayed the first night and Derick's parents came up the next day. We will be camping alot more this year....hopefully before dark next time AND with a air mattress pump that actually works:)
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