Oh my?!?!

Last friday to saturday we finally went camping! It was Noel's first time camping and she did so well. We were at the Yellowjacket campgrounds up at Union Valley Reservoir. When we got there, there was someone who was in our campsite. We talked to the campground host and they said that that person was supposed to be in site #8 and to go snag that one, so we went to campsite #8 and someone was in that site! So we went back to talk to the host and he took us to a site just across from our old site that was reserved for the following day. It worked out better anyways because there was space on that site for our tent, whereas our original site that we reserved wouldn't have fit our tent.

The campground host warned us that there had been bears there every night and to put our food under our table with a tarp or something over it. Um yah, doesn't sound right at all right? There were signs up that said to put your food in your vehicle or in a tree. We did the vehicle thing. Anyways, after setting up our tent and starting a fire, we had foil wrapped dinners and went to bed.

Normally, it takes me forever to get to sleep and so I was just laying there an hour or so after we went to bed and I heard a sound coming from the dumpster nearby and then heavy breathing and something walking through our campsite! It was a bear! I woke Morgan up and he didn't hear it! I was literally scared stiff. Noel was in her portacrib at our feet and I thought she was going to get eaten by the bear and that we were going to get eaten by the bear. I was awake for the rest of the night. Around 2am or so, Noel woke up and started crying and I had Morgan get her. I was too scared. I fed her and she stayed with us the rest of the night in our sleeping bag. I felt less scared having her with me because I felt that she was a little more safe than by herself in the portacrib. The rest of the night I was wide-eyed listening to all of the noises that come with camping...and bears. I kept praying that we would all be safe and that the bear wouldn't come eat us. Our prayers were answered. I watched the moon move across the sky and finally just before 6am, it was light enough to where I felt comfortable putting Noel back in her portacrib so I did. I then laid down and got all cozy and... Noel woke up. She was in such a good mood too and was being so cute. I couldn't get mad. So there you have it. That was our trip. I think next time we will go where there will be less of a chance of bears.

Noel and I in front of the fire friday night. It was pretty darn cold. Noel looked like a lil' elf:)

Noel and her dad.
Noel fell asleep watching the fire.
Just chillin' in the tent.
As we were packing up, a bird landed less than a foot away from Morgan's feet. It was so random. It was a very friendly bird.