Fall Break Fun!

We tried camping at a new place this year...Raccoon Lake near Rockville, Indiana...about an hour west of Indianapolis. We weren't sure about going but our good friend Maryjo Lykins had already set up camp and her children were waiting for friends to play with. The reason why we were thinking about skipping the trip was because it was raining pretty hard and it was kind of cold! But we're not whimps so we took off...surely we could make it through one night of cold & wet weather!! Well, the sky was blue when we arrived on Friday afternoon and it didn't start raining again until 8:30 or so that night. That cut short the visiting by the fire but we had already had our burnt chocolate treat (the fire was a little too hot) and Maryjo's yummy chili. Our tent leaked a little bit but we stayed mostly dry and warm.

The boys went fishing Saturday morning. Skyler & Jake were trying to catch a fish and then cook it and eat it to pass off a Boy Scout requirement but the fish they caught were too tiny! We had a yummy breakfast of pancakes, eggs & sausage...and of course, plenty of hot chocolate!! We went on a fun hike later on to get our bodies thawed out!!

Scott led us up the ravine to show us a dead raccoon they had discovered the day before. He enticed us by letting us know that its' guts were hanging out. I didn't take a photo of it. Sorry, I know you really wanted to see it.

We had a good laugh at this tree. Aaahh, the beauty of God's creations.

Scott continues to taunt Rance into wrestling matches...

even though he always ends up like a pretzel. One of these days...

We plan on going back to Raccoon Lake next year. This state park has a full weekend of Halloween activities like face painting, a pumpkin carving contest, a Halloween egg hunt and of course, trick-or treating. You should come with us!!