Cowan Lake

We had to get one last camping trip in before it got cold. We went with our friends, the Udink's, to Cowan Lake. It was so fun...minus the skunk!

The first night, we were all sitting around the campfire before bed. Monica and I decided to take the kidlets to the bathroom before bed. On the way, I noticed something moving in the campsite next to us. As we got closer, we saw 2 skunks! Ahh! So we hurried back and when we got there, Jeff and Ryan asked us if we were doing something over by the food. No, we were not! They had heard something moving over there. I had pulled the pack of hot dog buns out so they wouldn't get smushed. (A 12 pack mind you.) The DIRTY, STINKY skunk had made off with them. We were on high alert. No more action to report for that night. The next night, it was just Jeff, me, and the boys. The boys were asleep and Jeff and I were sitting by the fire. I had my eyes closed and was almost asleep when Jeff whispered as loudly as he could, "Lyndzi...Lyndzi...LYNDZI!" There was a skunk not even 5 yards away, under our picnic table. Freaked out, we moved away slowly and out onto the road. Now what? If that skunk decides to get all crazy and spray or whatever else he might do, he's going to stink up all of our camping stuff AND our sleeping children. Well, after about 15 minutes of standing there, watching the skunk circle our campsite, looking for any remnants of food, we'd had enough. I saw a garbage bag within reach and we realized that the skunk only came when we were really quiet. I started to rattle the bag. He perked his little head up. I rattled some more. He ran away. Well, that was easy. He was gone...for the time being. We decided to go right to bed after that. I woke up several times in the middle of the night (a little paranoid maybe) to the sound of critters circling the outside of our tent. That's the end of the skunk adventure. I'm glad we weren't sprayed and we aren't going back to Cowan Lake anytime soon.

We have a Camp Chef to actually put our griddle on but forgot propane. We had the griddle over the fire but it got too HOT so we moved it onto the grass. The food always tastes better when you're camping. McKay, Kylie, Kamden, & Hunter

Fishing on the Lake

This look describes Mac's opinion of the camping trip. He really wanted out of the stroller, which for some of the time he was but he was still getting the walking thing down.

We love camping and can't wait to find a fun new place to go next year!