We took a little camping trip this past weekend. The Washington and Jefferson National Forest is only about an hour and a half away, and has quite a few nice campgrounds. The one we chose was the closest to us called Elizabeth Furnace, named for the pig iron furnace site that it is built on. For Bill's birthday we got a new tent which was really nice, big enough for us and then some. It has a curtain down the middle so we could put Aubrey's pack n play on one side and we slept on the other. Aubrey did great--this was her first camping trip! It was a little cold--only 47 at night, but I bundled her up so much she could hardly move which was funny but it worked, she slept very well. The rest of the time she relished walking around the campground, riding in the backpack, eating tons of food, and getting filthy dirty. We went on a couple short hikes, we didn't really want to try one of our usual 4-6 milers with a 25+ pound baby on Bill's back.
Oh no! A bear in our campground!
Breakfast with the bear.
The fire tower we hiked to and climbed. Dexter refused to go up it and the height made Bill very nervous. It was metal with holes in so you could see all the way to the ground. That didn't make it seem very stable. 
There were great views from the top.
Aubrey in the backpack.
Hanging out in the camp site.
Enjoying the view of the water.
Oh no! A bear in our campground!
2 comments:
What fun!! Looks like Aubrey had a ball :) I'm sure she will grow up to love the outdoors - just like her parents!
wow- you were brave to take a baby camping! Glad it turned out alright!
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