Harper's Ferry
So, Girlio & I went to Harper's Ferry for what was supposed to be a two day, one night thing.
Pros: KOA Kampgrounds are much, much less crowded during the week in early June, set up our tent in maybe 10 minutes we white water rafted with an awesome guide, saw a bald eagle, like 20 great blue herons, roasted weenies & marshmellows and stayed dry in our tent. New sleeping bag & air mattress are awesome sauce. I also drove most of the way home, including on 495 & in the city, without incident. I even got us parked fairly well.
Cons: It was OMG SO HOT, we had to pull the raft off the water while a lightning storm ran through, which promptly chilled us to the bone (actually, it was kind of cool to watch once I was certain we wouldn't die), some teenagers 20 CAMPSITES AWAY were ridiculously loud until 10pm and then started up again at 7am, the rain meant that the ground was damp & I couldn't get a fire started without copious amounts of lighter fluid, some ground water in the tent (kmusser, is that par for course with this thing? First time we've used it when there's rain - I wasn't sure if there was just seepage from a crappy tarp that was slightly too small for the tent or what), stentorinsista broke her eye, resulting in us ditching the tubing and me driving most of the way back.
She's asleep and has been since we got home about 3 hours ago. I feel like I should go wake her up, but whenever her eyes bother her, she's always exhausted anyway.
One of these days, I'll remember how to make a fire. I was on the waterboiling team for skills camporee for pete's sake!
Pros: KOA Kampgrounds are much, much less crowded during the week in early June, set up our tent in maybe 10 minutes we white water rafted with an awesome guide, saw a bald eagle, like 20 great blue herons, roasted weenies & marshmellows and stayed dry in our tent. New sleeping bag & air mattress are awesome sauce. I also drove most of the way home, including on 495 & in the city, without incident. I even got us parked fairly well.
Cons: It was OMG SO HOT, we had to pull the raft off the water while a lightning storm ran through, which promptly chilled us to the bone (actually, it was kind of cool to watch once I was certain we wouldn't die), some teenagers 20 CAMPSITES AWAY were ridiculously loud until 10pm and then started up again at 7am, the rain meant that the ground was damp & I couldn't get a fire started without copious amounts of lighter fluid, some ground water in the tent (kmusser, is that par for course with this thing? First time we've used it when there's rain - I wasn't sure if there was just seepage from a crappy tarp that was slightly too small for the tent or what), stentorinsista broke her eye, resulting in us ditching the tubing and me driving most of the way back.
She's asleep and has been since we got home about 3 hours ago. I feel like I should go wake her up, but whenever her eyes bother her, she's always exhausted anyway.
One of these days, I'll remember how to make a fire. I was on the waterboiling team for skills camporee for pete's sake!