The Great Outdoors

We took our first camping trip with the kids (outside of our backyard).  We went to Lake Myers in Mocksville, NC.  It was not crowded as we went on a Tuesday.  They have a lot to do there- swimming (2 Olympic size pools), bumper boats, paddle boating, canoeing, fishing, an arcade room and a water-slide.  Mike and the kids went down the water- slide at least 20 times while we were there.  The downside to camping in the middle of summer, besides the bugs of course, is the unexpected storms.  It started thundering and pouring rain around 6pm and it was one of the worst thunderstorms that we have experienced.  Which, it was the only storm that we have experienced while in a tent.  All together, we had a fantastic time.  It was relaxing ~ no phones, blackberries, email, etc…just a campfire where we cooked our hotdogs and fun with each other.  Surprisingly, the kids were not super scared of the storm- Emilee said that was because we were all there together.  This one will go down in history…Casto history that is.