Camping

Dusty and I went camping this past Thursday to Saturday here in the Savannah area on Skidaway Island. We decided to go at the last minute, so we didn't get to the camp ground until 9:56 p.m. I say 9:56 because when I called to reserve a place, the lady told us we had to get there before 10:00 because the gates close. So, as you can see, we made it by 4 minutes! We were so excited to make it. We (or Dusty, I just held the lantern) set up the tent in the dark. Dusty asked me to read the directions and the first line said "If you are setting this up for the first time, you might want to set it up at home so you aren't trying to figure out how to do it in front of friends and family" hahahahha! We both laughed and moved on. Thankfully, we got it up in about 20 minutes...not bad for first timers with this tent AND it being dark out. I hadn't camped in a long time so I forgot how uncomfortable the ground is...wow! Dusty, on the other hand, was asleep and snoring the minute he layed down...not fair. I kept tossing and turning and he would wake up and ask if I was ok. Yeah, just forgot about how it is on your back! We woke up early Friday morning and realized we forgot the cooler with the food and water, so back to Pooler we go. After we got back to the camp site, we took a 4 mile hike/walk through the marsh/jungle haha of Skidaway Island State Park. It was pretty, but tons of fiddler crabs everywhere. I am not exagerating about this one...there were thousands and everywhere! And the noise they made scurring on the ground was a little creepy! After the hike, we came back to our site and noticed some of the groceries were on the ground. Something (a raccoon maybe, only cause we saw one near our tent) stole our hotdog buns and popcorn :( We ate our lunchables for lunch after the hike, hahaha, and felt like we were in the 2nd grade eating those things! The temperature was a little hot, but in the shade it felt pretty good, so we relaxed in the shade and read. Then we drove around Skidaway, not much to see. For supper, we cooked hotdogs, bratswurst, and baked beans over the fire and it was so yummy! Since the hotdog buns were stolen, we ate our hotdogs plain. We had a little trouble eating with our utensils. We bought the cheepest stuff and they kept melting when we would cut into our hotdogs! But, we managed! We also roasted marshmellows and made smores! Sooo yummy...possibly one of my favorites! Saturday morning we woke up to rain! And lots of it! We had time to change clothes and then it poured! We were drenched! But luckily, we were going straight home anyway so it was okay. We had such a good time camping, roasting marshmellows, hotdogs, reading, hiking, and relaxing!