Girls Only Camping

This past weekend, I attempted to take Eden on our first girls only camping trip. We had planned to go as a family but Jon ended up having to work, and it was supposed to be the biggest full moon in 18 years so Eden and I decided to head to the desert to see it first hand. Unfortunately, it was a disaster on so many levels. When we left San Clemente it was raining which made for a very windy and chilly desert environment, hence an unhappy baby and a less happy mommy. On top of that, the camping was full and although we got a spot to ourselves, we ended up offering to share with a couple of girls (seemed harmless at first) until they invited their 6 other friends to join us - disaster. Add to that being 3 - going on 4 months pregnant, unbearable fatigue, a not so perfect ankle, and a 25 lb baby that takes two steps down the trail then sits in the sand and tells me to "sit, sit" next to her, and you will have a pretty good visual for the day. But it really was more fun than I am painting it. Eden, Klamath and I made a pretty good go of it, even though we didn't end up sticking it out. And it was a good thing we came home that evening because the following morning there were wind warnings out in the desert and Eden and I would have likely been eaten alive by it. All this to say, there will be another girls only camping trip in the future, but we will be going on a weekday, and we will wait until the weather is absolutely perfect.

Eden with her three layers on top and bottom, but her poor hand were purple and swollen.

This is after we finally got the tent sent up. At one point I put Eden in the tent and told her to stay in it so that it wouldn't blow away (I had to go get the sleeping pads). Well that did not go over so well. No sooner had I stepped away then she was screaming and the tent was doing cartwheels in the wind with her in it! It was awefull and she was terrified. Later the girls that joined me couldn't imagine how I had set up the tent in the wind all by myself when they could hardly get it up with 2 of them. Well, if they would have been there to see it they would have known that it did not go smoothly.