Preparing for our Camping Trip

For some reason, it's bothering me that it still takes me three days to pack five rubbermaid totes, three coolers, many (many) sleeping bags and three suitcases to go camping.

For a day and a half.

Here's our week so far...

Monday: Work, attempt to relocate camping stuff from recent (but really not-so-recent) move

Tuesday: Work, empty all camping totes to clean up from last camping trip. Which, incidentally, was in May, 2006. Wash, repack, restock... repeat.

Wednesday: Work, go to Army Surplus store to buy more blankets and an electric blow up pumpy thing because our $200 AeroBed has sprung a leak somewhere and we don't have time to diagnose the culprit. Drive 2 and a half hours (round trip) to "secure" a camping spot... only to decide to pitch our tent next to Mark and Charlotte's RV anyway.

Thursday: Work, shop for groceries for camping trip, pack coolers.

...okay, so that's four days.

We're headed up to South Twin Lake this weekend for our annual Father's Day Camping weekend. This time, we're actually going to camp. Some of you may remember from my 2004 Christmas letter that I recounted our first attempt at camping... the time when Cameron screamed in the tent for three hours and we drove home in the middle of the night? Well, we're headed back to the same spot. Even pitched our tent very nearly in the exact same place.

I'd better go knock on some wood now.

Have a great Father's Day, everyone!