Last Friday we packed up to go on a overnight camping trip up to the rock quarry that we've been planning for a few weeks. The kids were all excited because we weren't able to do any camping this summer, it was just too crazy busy. We got on the road a little later than we had planned, so we were trying to hurry and get to our destination because we knew it was going to be dark while we set up camp. Little did we know that setting up camp in the dark was going to be the least of our trials we were going to face that night. A few days prior to our planned trip it had rained...a lot!! Driving on washed out roads where others had been while the ground was obviously still wet made for a very bumpy, and at times uncomfortable, ride. We got through most of the bumpy roads and went on our way...until another problem arose! We were driving through a ditch and all of a sudden we got stuck. Josh tried to back up the Tahoe and go on an angle, but it wouldn't budge...nothing would move! We got out to see what was going on and this is what we found...
Yes, our trailer hitch got caught up on a rock that we didn't see because it was under the dirt and apparently the trailer decided it wasn't going to go anywhere anytime soon. Josh had to get the trailer unhooked and jack up the Tahoe so we could dig out the rock that was preventing us from continuing on with our camping.
Meanwhile, the kids got out of the car and enjoyed running around while they waited...
Here's Josh working hard to get our trailer unstuck...
After about 20 minutes, Josh got the trailer out and the Tahoe moved so we could hook things back up and head on up to our camp site. It was dark now, so we couldn't see much in front or on the side of us. We were almost to where we had planned on spending the night when we noticed a gap in the road. We got out of the car to check it out and saw that the rain had washed away part of the road...
..it doesn't look that big in the picture, but it was over a foot wide and we didn't want to chance getting stuck or possibly having another issue with the side of the road. That's right, the right side of the road was completely washed out and it was about a 10-12 foot drop (pictured below)...that would suck to have the Tahoe and trailer fall off that!
Since it was dark outside and there was a cliff on one side of us, I walked along the road as Josh backed the trailer down to make sure he didn't go off the cliff. We got to a point where we could turn around, so Josh proceeded to back the trailer off the side of the road to turn around and I quickly told him to stop. He was about ready to jack-knife the trailer and was close to hitting the Tahoe. Turns out we had to unhitch the trailer again and turn it around, then hook it back up so we could get back down the road. So, we were on our way again to try and find a camping spot at Buffington Pocket. As we approached the camp sites we heard people shooting guns and we didn't know where it was coming from or going because it was so dark, so we decided to just go home. Our kids weren't happy, but there was nothing we could do.
When we got home we had to unpack everything, which really kind of sucks when you didn't actually get to do any camping. As I was cleaning out the coolers I noticed there was some yellow slimy stuff all over our food. It turns out the bumpy ride wasn't very kind to our eggs, not to mention the egg holder wasn't a very good container either. All of the eggs, but one, were broken. I guess it's a good thing we didn't end up going camping after all. There would've been some unhappy campers with no eggs for breakfast and egg yolks all over the rest of their food.
On Saturday night we had Kennedy, Sadie, and Tate over for a sleepover, so we decided to cook our tin foil dinners, that were meant for our dinner out camping, with them. Josh got the charcoal all lit and ready, then we cooked our tin foil dinners in the back yard...
It wasn't the same as camping, but they did taste good.
After dinner we let the kids roast marshmallows over the coals and we all enjoyed some smores...
Even though we weren't able to go camping this weekend, we still had a good time and I guess that's all that matters. We'll try again to go camping soon...and hopefully we won't have any problems!!
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