We decided to go to Granite Hill her first trip this season,
unfortunately Paul had to work but he was nice enough to take the trailer and
set it up for me and the kids. My parents came with us Friday to Sunday so we
decided to go up a little earlier just to beat the traffic. I took the kids in my car and my parents
followed us in their car, took about an hour and a half with minimal traffic.
We had our favorite site in the middle of the field, when we got to the
campground we drove to our site and me and my parents and the kids had a snack.
We took a walk to the camp store, with all this COVID-19 stuff going on of
course we had to wear masks in the camp store, but, luckily that was the only
place that we had to wear them. My father bought the kids a couple of candies,
we walked around the little Lake and then we made our way to the bathroom and
back to the campsite. Paul got off work early so he wasn't far behind us, it
rained for like 5 minutes before he got there so we sat in the cars for a
little while . When he got there he set up the camper no problem and I made
chicken Caesar salad wraps for dinner. We just hung out at the trailer for most
of the rest of the day. Saturday we actually met up with a couple of friends
that we've known for awhile who coincidentally were camping right across the
way so they came over and we talked at our site for a little while, introduced our
kids, they hit it off really well so they spent most of the day Saturday
playing with them. They all went to the pool together me Paul and my mom and my
dad walked up and watch them play for a little while. Paul left around 2:00
o'clock to go to work so I just hung out with my parents most of the day. Of,
course after Paul left the campers that were three sides down from us decided
that they wanted to take over the entire field and play Frisbee. My mother
father me and the kids all went to the camp store to get out of the camper for
a little while and by the time we got back there was a car parked next to my
mother's car in our site. By the end of the day they had three cars parked
there, I thought that was pretty rude. Luckily by the time it got dark they all
settled down, kids were able to sit by the campfire . JP and Mackenzie played with Tori and Toby
until late that night. They were over our friends trailer most of the day and
at night them, and like seven other kids played a hide and go seek game that
they made up (man hunt). I don't think they wound up coming home until after 11
at night but they had a really good time, and y mom only minimally freaked out.
Wendy and Shannon actually have invited us over their house a couple of times
but we've always been camping for their parties and I'm kinda beating myself up
about not making an effort to go because our kids and their kids hit it off so
well. Wendy and I have known each other since elementary school and Wendy
Shannon and Paul are all in the Baltimore County Fire Department so they kind
of know each other. All the kids exchanged information and hopefully we can all
hang out again at home. We went to bed woke up Sunday they had breakfast and they
went over and said goodbye to their friends and hung out for just a little
while my parents went home around noon. So it was just me and the kids until
probably 3 when my cousins wife and her kids came up to meet us to stay until
Tuesday. JP McKenzie Danny in Hailey have all hung out before at Ron and Jen's
house. They've had a couple of sleepovers they get along for the most part but
JP and Danny fight a lot. JP told me before they got there that he was
concerned that they were going to exclude him from activities because Danny and
Mckenzie get along really well . Mckenzies 12 now and Dannys 9, JP's 10 and Haley is 2. As soon as they got
here they were all bored, they didn't have anything to do JP got a blister on
his toe so that impeded him from running a room so they were bored for the
first hour that they were here. Then we all decided that we were going to take
a trip to the pool and stayed there probably an hour and a half before
everybody will starving. All the kids got in the pool and me and Jen sat in our
chairs and talked for awhile. Me and Ron haven't really seen each other since
we were like 12 somehow we got back into touch with each other and started
hanging out more often we all get along pretty well it's nice that we
reconnected. So, this is the first camping trip that they've come with us on
Ron had to work so he stayed home so it's just me and Jen and the kids. After
we got back from the pool we had dinner the kids took Hailey to swing and then
we did a campfire . This was all after the fighting and the complaining between
Danny and JP. All Danny wants to do is be on his electronics and Be inside in
the air conditioning he's not big into nature and he doesn't like bugs. JP's
jealous of the relationship that Danny and Mckenzie have so he gets mad all the
time because they don’t always include him in playing. So most of the day we
were putting out fires between the kids. After dinner all the kids went back to
the swings And I started the campfire me and Jen sat and enjoy the peace and quiet.
Until the kids came back and the first thing out of Danny's mouth it was too
early to have a campfire and he won't didn't wanna do marshmallows until after
dark. We did s'mores and the kids played catch with a couple of glow sticks
before we went in and made all the beds and talk to the kids in well me and Jen
went back outside to sit by the campfire. Of course, the silence didn't last
long because the kids insisted on coming back out And I told them once they get
pajamas on they're not allowed back outside so they all had to stay inside and
figure it out.
On Monday we ventured out of the campground I went to Devils
den play all the kids climb on the rocks Jen and her kids have never been to
Gettysburg so we showed them all the spots that we normally go to. We tried to
visit the visitor center but because of all the COVID-19 stuff it was closed we
did manage to go see The Lincoln address memorial and read some of the
gravestones that were there. It was so hot walking around but it was fun. After
we got done driving around and looking at some of the statues we went to a new
lunch spot that Paul suggested called Gettysburger it's right off of the circle
in the middle of downtown Gettysburg. we sat and had lunch all the kids were
very well behaved everybody ate all of their food. Me and JP got wings they
were really good Mckenzie got a shrimp basket and it was like actual real size
shrimp. I like a place where you can go and get real food for the kids and not
like crappy food. I never understood why more restaurants don't just make kid
size portions they have to come up with some lame frozen crap. like kids are
people too their food should look like mine only in a smaller portion. So, when
we find places like that I keep them in the back of my mind and we definitely
go back. When we were all finished lunch JP had a stomach ache so when we went
to Mr G's Creamery me and JP didn't get any ice cream I did however go next
door and get a bottle of wine called wineberry from a little shop that I didn't
even catch the name of. We stopped the store real quick to get a couple more
drinks at Kenny's and then we went back to the campground. We were all dying
from walking around and we decided we were going to go to the pool well as soon
as we got all the way down to the pool the wind started to pick up and a storm
was coming in. So meeting the person that I am started freaking out about
having the awning out because I didn't want the wind to mess it up so we walked
all the way back to the camper sat outside for a little while until the storm
calmed down and decided that we were going to go try the pool again instead of
walking this time we got in the car drove down there and as soon as we got our
stuff on a picnic table someone came and told us at the pools closed because of
the storm and that judging from the amount of scattered thunderstorms that were
around it would most likely be closed for the rest of the day. Having six
people four of which our children under the age of 13 in a trailer trying to
stay occupied .a couple more storms rolled through I freaked out more about the
awning I was able to start a fire for ten whole minutes so that we could roast
some hot dogs for dinner. As soon as I got done roasting the hot dogs it
started raining again so I threw on a movie for the kids and we sat in the
living room and eight hot dogs and chips because that's all I felt like doing.
Of course, everybody complained that they didn't have any room on the couch so
the next movie I put in their room so they could all have separate beds and
enjoy the movie with space. It's always funny to me that one minute kids get
along so well and the next minute they hate each other and then the next minute
their friends again but this is how it has been the entire time that Jen and
the kids have been here. Fighting on and off complaining on and off it's just
been a little insane. With the second movie everybody wanted a snack so I made
popcorn they had cookies they fought over who was gonna sit where on the floor
and by 11 I gave up and made them all go to sleep.
Tuesday Jen was leaving, we went to the pool around noon Hailey
pulled down her bottoms and pooped right there in the grass next to the pool. I
though it was hysterical, Mckenzie was mortified enough that she actually just
up and left the pool area. I had to empty a bag of Doritos so Jenn could pick
it up and we rinsed her butt with a bottle of water. I cried laughing, which
was probably inappropriate but what are you going to do. No one was really
there and shit happens, although I am glad that I don’t have to deal with that
anymore. We left the pool around 2 because Jenn had a meeting for school, after
her meeting we sat and talked while the kids sat in the back and watched
another movie. While I was sitting Some random person walked into my camper…. Come
to find out Paul took off work and came early to surprise us. Jenn left around
530 I guess and in typical Paul and Tobie fashion we fought for a little while
about the state of the camper. I wasn’t expecting Paul until 2am so I was
giving myself plenty of time to get everything cleaned up…that didn’t happen
lol. Took the kids to the pool only to walk all the way up there to find it
closed at 5, was a little mad about that. We sat around for a little while and
then went out to dinner at a little pub in town and then came home and chilled
for a little bit and went to bed. Got everything packed up the next day and got
on the road. Paul JP and Elle in the truck and me and Kenzie in the Durango.
