I know it's a little late posting about our 4th of July camping excursion but I literally just got caught up on all the dirty laundry, unpacking and sleep. We spent five nights and six days at a campground at Land Between the Lakes. It was our first time at this lake and we were pretty excited. We had always heard great things about it. Great fishing, beautiful views, clean water and a lot of fun. Well it disappointed on a few of those points. This trip had it's highs and it had it's lows. Maybe more lows than highs. We had checked the weather every day before leaving and it was calling for some pretty high temperatures but we figured since we were going to be camping right by the water we should be fine. NOT. Yes, we were near the water but those "clean, beautiful waters" weren't so clean and beautiful. I'm not sure if it was because it hadn't rained in awhile but the water was kind of stagnant, with TONS of seaweed like grass and nasty little baby fish that pecked at your feet. Needless to say, we did not do much swimming right at the bank.
Since our plans on keeping cool in the water didn't pan out the only way to keep Emma cool was to create a make shift redneck baby pool. Emma didn't care that it was a camping tote. In her little mind it was a brand new kiddie pool.
I'm telling you it was so incredibly hot outside. By the end of the day each day we were exhausted just from being out in the heat all day. To top things off two of the nights we were there, our air conditioner went out in the camper. We suffocated on those two nights. After spending too many days sweating to death, I convinced Dustin to rent us a pontoon boat. We all enjoyed a great day out of the water where there was no funky seaweed and baby fish nibbling on our toes. Emma had a blast and even took her nap on the boat. We really couldn't have asked for a better afternoon.
Perfect weather for a day on the lake.
Dustin attempting to catch our dinner. Let's just say we starved that night ;)
My little sleeping beauty.
Swimming in the lake with daddy. I honestly thought it might freak her out but she did so good.
That night after a long day on the water we all couldn't wait to go to bed. I was in bed that night before 10, due to a upset stomach. At 2:30 in the morning I woke up sweating to death (stupid air conditioner) and hearing the sounds of a huge thunderstorm building in the distance. It stormed for three hours. I literally thought we were going to blow away. When we woke up that morning we found our canopy outside had been twisted like a pretzel. Everything was soaking wet and scattered from the wind. Almost in unison, Dustin and I looked at each other and said "Let's pack this crap up and go home!" After two hours packing everything up we pulled away from the campground and drove two hours home. Beaten down, wet and exhausted. I will say that we were miserable a lot of the time but some fun was had through everything. We were able to watch fireworks right at the water, we had fun spending time with our family, we played games, we cooked great meals, we rode bikes, rode on a pontoon boat and had lots of laughs. My lesson learned from this camping trip, DON'T STAY FOR SIX DAYS. Make camping trips three days or less!
I would say that there were definitely rough times, but this view every night at sunset made it all worth while.
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