It is so beautiful out here in the mountain air with only sounds of nature! I cannot believe that we are actually alone for the night, as my mom has volunteered to take the kids for the whole week! I am feeling a bit apprehensive and our youngest one has never been without mom or dad so I made sure to leave our cell number and call for ANY reason! This is only day one so I am not too awfully worried yet.
Our campsite is extremely excluded and not your average campsite as it is way off the beaten path...we have to walk quite a distance in order to get to the main campground. But we are looking forward to spending some quality alone time, as we have really never had any!!
You go gather the wood we are going to need for the fire tonight and I begin setting up camp, as we will be there for 4 days. The quiet air with the sun beaming through the tent feels so good and I am so at peace with everything that I take a moment just to stop and appreciate it. I roll out the sleeping bags and then begin to start pumping up the air mattress. About an hour has passed and you are not back yet but I almost have things arranged. at least for the first day. In our three-room tent I have arranged the large back area with our air mattress and table with two chairs. The extra room is our luggage, food, and storage area. The screened area has a picnic table just in case it rains so we will just have to use the back door to get out when needed.
I am starting to get hungry so I have a quick sandwich and then I hear sticks snapping. You are back! Lots of wood you carried on a tarp that will keep us going for a couple days. At this point it is just starting to get dusk so we start a fire and begin a pot of coffee. All we have is caffeinated but that doesnโt bother you. We have a couple cups and some sandwiches as we really donโt want to bother with dishes our first evening.