Happy campers

The weekend of Easter, the kids were out of school on Friday, so we wanted to go camping. we didnt want to go too far away, so we chose Superstition mountain.. it was only about 30 minutes away from our house. Lets just say..

• I wouldnt desert camp again.


• The cactus alone could send any normal exploring boy screaming with stickers and thorns in his shoes..


• shade is a must


• all kinds of critters come out at night.


• desert mice are not timid


• large bugs can carry away terantulas


• being a friendly neighbor is a must


• a campfire and smores with the Palomo's was fun


• you can heat corn up, and then serve it from the can you just opened..

We found a campsite that was large enough to hold our massive 20 person tent ( its huge maybe not 20 but atleast 10).. we had some not so friendly neighbor campers next to us that told our kids to move off her campsite... which was the trash can area... she also yelled at the boys when they were excited that a mouse was scurrying by our campsite. The clock read 7:30 pm... she yelled " BE QUIET"... i then told her " um.. it's just a mouse".. needless to say we wanted to smack her.. blades wished she would choke on a hotdog and we made sure not to make any eye contact with her on the way to the bathroom... come on lady.. be happy you are in the desert and camping.. who could ask for more?

Here are a few pictures of our evening. After Blades cooked, the mice started coming out of the woodworks ( desert) they werent concerned that we were humans.. they were focused on finding food.. we stood on the picnic bench for a while, but they were around to stay. we kept seeing more and more of them. we made sure the tent was zipped so they wouldnt find a place to sleep since it already be occupied by us. the mice were nasty and ran around our tent all night too. Debra and her boys came up for dinner and smores. They had fun watching for the critters, but were glad they would make the trip home to sleep in thier mice free beds.

We made breakfast the next day, packed up and left. We didnt really want to see our neighbor camper.. it still ticks me off thinking about it..

It definitley wasnt the ideal camping trip, but maybe the kids will have some great memories of our adventure.

Case showing off his new Chex mix jewelry

the view from our campsite..

rise and shine..

blades and the boys..

Case, Mason, Tyler and Camden enjoying the fire.. ( that we had to bring.. one of those firepits)

two tired boys..

Camden and a marshmellow

was that a mouse? debra's feet up in the air :)