Last weekend, we drove up to Big Lake (just outside of Greer in the White Mountains) and spent two nights (well, technically one) camping. Riley was amazing during the 5 hour car drive...Uncle Pat sitting next to her probably helped! We arrived late in the evening to find Charles, Amy and Siena already set-up and sitting down for a hot dog dinner. Riley and Siena ran around in the dark for hours before they went to sleep. Riley slept in a little bed next to our air mattress inside a tent. She sleep the entire night and woke up in such a great mood...she loved being outside. On Saturday, we made breakfast burritos, took a few walks and said bye to dad as he ventured off on his day long bike ride up and down the Sunrise ski mountain. While he was biking, we drove to a creek, took a nap and walked down to the lake. It was raining off and on all day but on our way back from the lake, it started pouring rain...we got soaked! It rained the rest of the day and so we hung out inside the tent and the car...by the time the guys got back from biking, we were so wet, cold and tired (with no dry clothes and leaking tents), we decided to abandon the campsite and find a hotel for the night. As Charles' said, "We started our first family camping trip with 4 tents and ended with 3 hotel rooms". We returned to the campsite on Sunday to collect our gear, played for a while and then drove back home.

Here are some pictures from Riley's first camping trip...