Camping at Lake Minderal Wells 5/16

Well it looks like we will have to go back to these campgrounds again since we only got one night and was then chased away from the rain. The first evening we got there, got set up, took the kids out to the swimming area at the lake and then had dinner. The rain hit about 2:30 in the morning, luckly Rodney woke me up to close all the windows before it hit. And oh boy did it hit. It rained very heavy all night, out tent was sure swaying in the wind and we had some water come in from the ground seams. It could have been worse as one of our families found out. They had a flood in their tent. Ours wasn't too bad inside, but bad enough that we decided to pack up and go home. Bummer. Hopefully we can go back soon to check out the trails as well.



Lets go swimming...

A little bit of rinsing off at the fish station... (and in the pants). I think the kids would have been happy here all day.

Sitting around the campfire..

The next morning. Notice the river running down the middle of our campsite.

And one of the shelters hit the dust. It just couldn't handle the rain.

We are the duck family. Rodney stole my red poncho, so I got stuck with Orange. what a horrible color on me. LOL

the group (or at least most of us)

Or mini hike to the bathroom in the rain. And found a cute photo op on the way.

Rodney packing up the truck....

The kids playing while we pack...

And with may stops to the bathroom, the girls had to dry their boots, poncho's and hair each time.

What good girls forming a line....

The worst part of all is I was really looking forward to all the food we brought to cook. We did end up getting together at Holly's house on Sunday to eat some of it so it wouldn't get wasted, but it just wasn't quite the same. and of course Sunday was Beautiful weather. Just our luck.