Zane's First Camping Trip

We did it!!!!  We took Zane on his first tent camping trip!  We went Saturday morning to Lake Texana Campground.  We started off reserving space 101, but when we got there, we decided to look and see if there was one we liked better.  So, we found a really great space by the lake, 121 and went and changed it.  So, we get out and the wind is just whipping across the lake and it was cold!!!  So, we drove around and changed again!!  We ended up at space 80.  It was great.  

Our spot.

We could still see the lake, but we also had some shelter provided by the trees.  Jeff picked a great spot for the tent and Zane and I watched while he set it up!
After he got that done, it was Zane's lunch time so I fed him in the tent!  It worked perfect.  Jeff put a tarp over the tent and then put the rain fly on.  After that, we had a picnic of pb & j sandwiches, chips, and sugar cookies by the truck out of the wind.  We were hungry!

Zane's outdoor playpen!

Entertainment while we ate!

 Jeff started a campfire and it was wonderful.  I didn't think it would do good with the wind blowing, but it burned and gave off heat!

 Zane took a nap and I whittled a stick while Jeff messed around some more with the firewood. 

Exploring

The perfect place to hide when running from the law.

Jeff and Lake Texana

Us with our campsite in the background.

Pretty red flowers on our site.

Whittling while Zane slept.

After Zane woke up and was fed, we took a walk around the park.  It was a lot of fun and a long way!

Ferns growing on the trees!  There were a lot like this.  Anyone ever seen them before?

Happy we didn't see any!  It may have been cool if I was off the ground!

On the fishing pier.  We saw a nice couple fishing, but they hadn't caught a thing!

The little spots in the water far away are coots!

The best little camper EVER!

We sang some around the campfire with Zane and then he got sooooo sleepy.  :)  I had made a little sleeping bag for him, unfortunately I didn't get a good picture of him in it, but I made it out of a blanket.  It kept him very warm, maybe too warm.

In his little sleeping bag.  He was so cute, he kept resting his head on my shoulder.  :)

Anyway, pretty soon, it was time get the time burgers ready!  We had scrumptious burgers and poppers with s'mores for dessert!  We also tried to have hot chocolate, but the water didn't get very warm.  We still drank it though!  At 8, Zane got up for his late supper and we sang some more songs around the beautiful campfire.  Zane COULD NOT take his eyes off the fire.  Jeff would say his name, make noises, and Zane would just stare at the fire.  He was mesmerized.  But, who isn't?  It is a cool thing to stare at.  We took showers in very clean "comfort stations" and went to bed!  This was the best sleep I've ever had in a tent by far.  I was warm enough, and Zane slept through the whole night.  Those were the good things.  The other things were that it rained, and the wind howled!  And Jeff happened to tell me about a camping trip that he had been on in the past that involved racoons, so I also envisioned racoons scratching on the tent which were actually leaves blowing against the tent.  But, I really did sleep pretty good!  In the morning, we got up, ate cheddar biscuits, packed up and went to church in Edna.  Then we came home.  We had a great camping trip and will be going again, I'm sure!

A cool green beetle if you can see it!