We finally made it camping this year! It took us till the fall, but at least we made it! We went to Elk Neck State Park which is about an hour northeast of Baltimore. Dave and I went here for our first camping trip in Maryland 4 or so years ago and haven't been back since. This time we had a little larger crew with our newly married friends Tiffany and Ryan along with all of our children (Lucy, Stella, and of course Penny).
We weren't exactly roughin' it considering our tent has two rooms and a porch and the indoor bathroom was right across the way from us. Furthermore our cuisine was definitely camp gourmet. We made sausage, tomato, and spinach over pasta with homemade bread the first night, had breakfast burritos in the morning; Tiff and Ry made turkey sloppy joes the next and had sweet potato hash with apple chicken sausage the following morning. We were missing a part on our propane stove but we were able to do all of the above with heavy duty foil and our fire! We did get to experience some classic camping with the unusual number of daddy-long-legs that we saw however!
It was perfect fall weather (a little chilly the last night) and the girls had a blast exploring & romping around the woods. There was a playground near our loop which was convenient as well.
I got a little break when Ryan, Tiff, and I got to take a hike to the Turkey Point Lighthouse (Dave was nice enough to chill at the campsite while the girls were napping) and we had lunch on the rocks. That area is surrounded by water with two rivers coming into the Chesapeake Bay- very pretty indeed!
Naturally we had a few campfires; the second night we had a very colorful one as we found these sticks you could throw in that added quite the spectrum.
We spent a week packing for only 2 nights in the woods, but it was well worth the trip!
We weren't exactly roughin' it considering our tent has two rooms and a porch and the indoor bathroom was right across the way from us. Furthermore our cuisine was definitely camp gourmet. We made sausage, tomato, and spinach over pasta with homemade bread the first night, had breakfast burritos in the morning; Tiff and Ry made turkey sloppy joes the next and had sweet potato hash with apple chicken sausage the following morning. We were missing a part on our propane stove but we were able to do all of the above with heavy duty foil and our fire! We did get to experience some classic camping with the unusual number of daddy-long-legs that we saw however!
I got a little break when Ryan, Tiff, and I got to take a hike to the Turkey Point Lighthouse (Dave was nice enough to chill at the campsite while the girls were napping) and we had lunch on the rocks. That area is surrounded by water with two rivers coming into the Chesapeake Bay- very pretty indeed!Naturally we had a few campfires; the second night we had a very colorful one as we found these sticks you could throw in that added quite the spectrum.
We spent a week packing for only 2 nights in the woods, but it was well worth the trip!
Great pics and appreciate the color coded shoes! It's the only way I can distinguish the girls from the photos. Looks like they are lovin time outside.
ReplyDeleteExcited for all of you!
Love,
mom/Karin
One other neat thing was that we were under a pretty thick canopy of trees and as the wind blew, it would rain leaves from 50-100 feet up... pretty cool. Also, the same canopy largely protected us from the rain Sunday morning. The girls had a blast and I think the adults enjoyed their time away from the city as well!
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