We are back from a Memorial Day weekend camping trip. The weekend was overall very enjoyable, and a big hit. Alex's class had their medieval feast to mark the end of their medieval unit on Friday, and I left work early to go to that (Alex was a knight, a crusader, and St. George) and spent the rest of the afternoon getting the camper all packed up, so by the time Beth and the kids got home, all that was left to do was gather the toiletries and head out. We got to Potato Creek and were set up by around 7 and spent the rest of Friday visiting the camping friends around the campfire. The weather was nice in general, if just a bit chilly, really just light jacket weather. However it did get plenty cold overnight, and the heater in the camper still does not work right (won't light). The space heaters sufficed as long as I was bundled up tight. Saturday, Virgil and Steven and I took the kids fishing, and both kids caught their first fish (and released). Alex caught a crappie that must have been around 8-10 inches, and Missy caught a 6-inch bluegill. Virgil caught a teensy bluegill, Steven caught nothing, I wasn't fishing (no license). The rest of the day was just play/relax. Sunday, I went for a trail run in the morning, and after lunch the Purvises came up to visit and were at the campsite most of the day afterwards. We seemed to remind them that they love camping. We rented rowboats for the afternoon, and for some reason nobody thought to bring sunscreen or hats, so Beth and I got burned pretty well, but the kids were fine. We also saw an osprey get a fish...it happened right near us out on the lake, and we could see the fish wiggling as the bird flew off with it. Later, we made some of the most awesome tinfoil dinners. I think charcoal is the key...they came out so much better than ones we've ever cooked in the campfire. Even though it had been clear and sunny and not too hot all weekend, after dinner, it started clouding up and got that 'gonna rain' feeling, so we decided since we were leaving after breakfast tomorrow anyway, we shouldn't roll the dice, and we packed up and left by about 10pm. It started raining while we were rolling out, and it rained all night. So leaving...good call. The kids seemed to have a pretty good time camping overall. There were a couple of other kids to play with, and we let them have some more freedom than years past, as far as going to the playground by themselves and whatnot. The walkie-talkies help with that. Also, we are seriously interested in upgrading our camper to one that has both working furnace and A/C...like the Bell's camper, which they happen to be selling at the moment. So, we may be buying a new camper very soon.