The Campsite

We camped at Julian Price Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway a few miles outside of Blowing Rock, NC. The campground was so-so. The sites were pretty run down, and lacked privacy. We ended up in a site that was up a hill that was far from level, but had enough space in the woods for our tent. There was no hot water, electricity or showers, but flushing toilets and running water at the restrooms (yippee). We did typical camp things. The kids explored nature. Almost as soon as were arrived, Vivian broke off some branches and made them her 'nature pom-poms'. She then started cheering for nature. "Go nature, you can do it! Nature you're great!" Logan marked his territory like a doggie and proceeded to pee on every bush in our came site. If he didn't pee on it, he threw a rock at it.
On our second night, we learned the hard way that our rain tarp on the tent is not waterproof enough. It poured and our sleeping bags got soaked. Moments before I was ready to give up and go to a hotel for our last night, I discovered that the hot engine hood could dry our sleeping bags rather quickly. It saved the day. All I could think was, "Why has Top Gear not taught me this? The show has jokingly taught me to cook in the engine block, but not dry wet sleeping bags."

The camp dryer. Works best after driving up a mountain.

Playing Ponies, super heroes and monster trucks. Dustin's making a silly face because he was worried that I would embarrass him by posting video of him playing super silly with the kids.

Winner of Best Dressed Award: Footie Jammies with sandals



Bedtime story around the campfire.