If you guessed camping, you would be correct! If you haven’t figured it out yet, our family loves to camp (or go campering). Even my colleagues have figured this out. Anytime there is a long weekend, I will be asked by several coworkers if I am going camping and where. Some have even sought out my opinion on places to go camping. This year my work extended our Independence Day holiday by giving us the whole week off! We didn’t go camping for the full week, but we did extend our trip a bit longer than normal (this also cuts down on sitting in holiday traffic). We continued our tradition of camping with friends, and going to a new location. This year, we went to State Forest State Park, which is known for it’s moose population!

More so than ever before was I thankful to have a camper on this trip! The second night I came down with a GI plague. Oh so glad was I to have an indoor bathroom to see to my needs! Just imagine how awful it would be to sit in a cold vault toilet with the pukes and poops! Ugh, no thanks! I’m also thankful that although I felt pretty miserable the follow day, everything was out of my system pretty quick. The other downside to this trip was that the day after I was sick, Noah biked pulling a kid on a tag along and gave himself altitude sickness. Not nearly as serious, but not fun either, but an easier recovery.

Illnesses aside, we still managed to hike and see a plethora of wild flora and fauna. For the animal count we saw: many deer, a fox, a beaver, several moose, voles and one porcupine!