My First Experience Camping
Posted on June 8, 2008
My first experience camping was a very memorable one. I had never been camping before I met my husband. I didnt know that camping meant sleeping out in nature, in a tent. Thinking back I guess I didnt really think about it at all.
We were off to a nearby campground, we drove in and paid for our site and it was just beautiful, there were ducks and a small lake and up on the hill there was a pool and small store if you needed anything.
At dusk we lit our fire and wow what a difference in the day and night when you are camping, the night seems darker and the day seems so short. The fire was very nice and pleasant, however having a small allergy problem with mosquitoes, that there was a horrible night. I hate bugs, and mosquitoes seem to be the worse, due to their stinging and being pesky. It was awful, but the camp fire was nice and I tried to reminisce about when my husband was small and his camping stories.
After a full night of stories and fire, we settled in out tent. Oh my! I thought. Where do we sleep? Well in our sleeping bags on the ground. To my surprise, the ground was ok, and we had a small air mattress under us so it was ok. Well it wasnt the Ritz but it was camping.
Then in the middle of the night I heard scuffling just out our tent. I woke my husband and told him there was a bear in our camp. He told me to just go back to sleep. I really didnt know there were no bears in local camp grounds.
The next morning I woke to the same noises and found the culpritsIt was ducks. I felt so stupid, a bear...gee what was I thinking? To this day we still chuckle about my first camping trip.
Author is Michele Rogers, owner of http://www.lilyputts.com Lilyputts Gift Baskets , an online gift basket retailer. Also hosted is a http://www.lilyputts.blogspot.com BLOG that reviews gifts and welcomes other comments as well. Please visit Lilyputts Gift Baskets for descriptions and product presentations. Please, if you use any portion herein be sure to email author first.
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