Over the weekend of April 4th-6th, a few of us went camping at Lake Norman State Park. It was a bunch of fun! I have not been camping in years and it was nice to experience it again.
Laura (future roomie), Kels (current roomie), and I left campus at about 2pm on Friday and hit the road! We were meeting the boys (Kels' boyfriend and some of his friends) at the campground and we were anxious to get there and get everything set up. Us girls arrived about an hour or so before the boys, so we decided to put up our own tent all by ourselves! I know, right? After a lot of instruction contemplation, we finally had that bad boy put up and ready for the weekend.
Baby Ferg has never been so FULL! We three barely had room for our bodies in the seats. Maybe a little bit of over-packing occurred?
Hitting the road selfie!
We arrived!
So happy to have finally gotten there!
Before...
After! We were so proud of ourselves - taking the tent down was a different story.
Thanks, boys!
Y'all, we were so proud of it!
After we finished unpacking everything and the boys got there, we decided to get ready for dinner. We had hotdogs, chips, and beans for dinner. Classic camping cuisine. We roasted marshmallows over the fire and Robbie (Kels' boyfriend) played his guitar some. It was getting late, so we cleaned everything up before it was completely dark and thought we had tied our trash up high enough...key word there: thought.
We were completely wrong.
We had some lovely little raccoon visitors at about 3 in the morning. The trash bag was by our tent and we were so freaked out! We had to yell the boys' names so they would come and chase the raccoons away. Anyway, that was quite an experience. The park "host" was so hateful to us because we were making "too much noise" while cleaning everything up - whatever lady, you would be making noise too.
The next day was fantastic! It was exactly what I wanted it to be, SUNNY AND 70 DEGREES! So beautiful and perfect for the little "beach" they have there. We made these precious little eggs in muffin pans with turkey bacon for breakfast, then it was off to the lake! We stayed out there for about 5 hours and we got pretty crispy, as in sunburnt! I'm still paying for it...aloe, aloe, aloe. The water was too cold for us, but the boys had a fun racing and swimming in it.
BEAUTIFUL forecast!
Lake pictures!
After we got back to our campsite from being at the lake all day, Robbie made dinner for everyone. They were called 'hobo meals' and they were good! It was hamburger meat, carrots, cheese, onions, and potatoes all mixed together - kind of like a stew, but not soupy.Then marshmallows were roasted and apple cider was heated up on the fire. Delish! We packed all the trash up that night and took it straight to the dump, we didn't want anymore visitors in the middle of the night.
The sunset was pretty through the trees!
Sunday morning group shot (L to R): Kels, Robbie, Sawyer, Craig, Michael, me, Laura
I'm not going to lie, I was ready to get back in a regular bed after the second night. It was so fun, but I do like my heat, a bathroom that's in the same building I am, and mattresses. Sunday morning, we packed everything up, grabbed a pop tart, and got on the road. We were back on campus before lunch time.
It was a great time and I had a lot of fun making some "college freshman memories." I will definitely do it again! It was great to meet you guys, Craig, Michael, and Sawyer!
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