Camping!!!

This last weekend I went on a little camping excursion with some girls in my ward. I didn't realize how much I miss being outdoors until I went back out for a while. I simply love being outside. And, thankfully, I live in a place that allows for rather enjoyable camping weather in January! Of course we did the typical things... setting up tents, worked on amazing tin foil dinners, made the fire as big as possible then sat around staring at it for hours, and we can't leave out the snuggling up close to keep warm element.. essential for any good camping trip in my opinion. Even though it wasn't snowy, it still got cold at night. My friend Alona and I shared a two-man tent and squished onto her twin size air mattress and both woke up warm and toasty.

Then there were the unique moments of this particular trip... like, for example, the armadillo spotting we had. This was my first time ever to see an armadillo so I was pretty excited.. as any of the girls in attendance could tell you! That's what we're doing in that picture where we are standing on the tree.

There was also the machete.. being held menacingly here by Jule.. but don't worry, she didn't hold it like that the whole campout.

But over all, the campout was a much needed, relaxing break from the rest of my life. Who needs movies, computers, phones, video games when you can just go outside and build a fire, or go for a bike ride, or play full contact frisbee keepaway. There is no equal to the great outdoors!