This weekend, Brent and I decided to take Nathan on his first camping and hiking trip. How Exciting!! We drove up to the White Mountains in New Hampshire on Saturday night and arrived at our campgrounds around 8pm. The sun had already set, and it was after Nathan's bedtime, so Brent went to work to get our tent up and the beds ready to go. Once we were set, we noticed that we couldn't breathe and the campfire smoke was a thick fog right around us. Unsure of what to do, we drove around to see if there was another spot that wasn't smokey. Sure enough, we found one. Brent had to get all of the tent and gear packed back up and move us over to the new spot. He was not a happy camper!! Our new spot didn't have smoke, and it came with the lovely views and sounds of the cars zooming by on the highway. Yep, roadside camping how relaxing!! It wasn't what we hoped for, but at 10pm you'll take anything. So, we went to bed. At 2am, Nathan woke up crying from having pins and needles. The three of us were crammed into one tent, which was so comfortable :) Of course, at night in the wilderness, you can hear a pin drop and Nathan's cries echoed through the woods. We were lucky to get him calmed down and back to sleep. 4am rolled around and again Nathan woke up crying. After that, we decided that maybe we should go home and let the rest of the campers get some sleep. So, I went to sit in the car with Nathan while Brent was going to pack up everything. Nathan fell right to sleep which made us change our mind and stay. Lucky me, Brent returned to the tent to sleep (now having the whole thing to himself), while I sat holding Nathan in the car for two hours. I think I got 30 minutes of sleep and when he woke, I ran to the tent and handed him to Brent so that I could go to bed. What a night!! Brent and Nathan played around a campfire in the morning, while I slept. The things we do for love!! Stay tuned for part two... The Hiking Adventure!!
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