Camping

This weekend Jeremy, Andrew, and I took a trip up to Seneca Lake on the San Carlos Reservation past Globe to do some camping and fishing. We were joined by our friends, Josh and Cherish and their kids, and Dallas and Kayla and their kids. We checked the weather before we left and it said 30% chance of rain in that area. Well, apparently it was a ty-po and should've said 130% chance of rain. We got to our campsite around 2:00 and set up our tents. As soon as they were up, the rain started coming down. It would drizzle for a little while, sprinkle for a little while, and then rain hard for a little while. Dallas and Kayla had to leave since they had a 2 month old baby that was not enjoying the wet weather in the least bit! Can you blame him?! Luckily they have friends about 45 minutes away (in Globe) and stayed with them.
Us and the Porter's toughed it out and it was tough! It sprinkled all through dinner. The guys had to cook the burgers over the grill holding an umbrella while Cherish, me, and the kids huddled under the ramada with a portable propane heater and the campfire nearby. It stopped raining for a bit after dinner so we lounged by the campfire and made some s'mores. As soon as we were done with the s'mores, it began raining again. So, we called it a night and retired to our tents.
The rain lasted all night in the same drizzle, sprinkle, rain hard pattern. It even began lightning and thundering! At about 4 in the morning we heard the Porter's opening and closing their truck and we thought for sure they were bailing. However, it turns out the rain was coming into their tent so they were forced to sleep in their truck. That had to be uncomfortable considering they have a family of 4 and have 2 big dogs.
Around 5am I realized our tent was leaking, too. My sleeping bag was soaked. I had to hop in to Jeremy's sleeping bag (which was probably the highlight of his trip... Heehee j/k).
Finally, the sun was up and the rain seemed to have stopped. We made it through the night and were rewarded by mostly sunny skies that morning and afternoon. The guys went fishing with the kids and Cherish and I could hang out and chit-chat without yelling at the kids to get out of the mud and to stop sitting on the ground, etc. It finally felt like a vacation.
The rain appeared to be rolling back in around 1:30 so we packed up and left. We had a yummy lunch in Globe and was home around 4:30. My car is a muddy disaster, but at least we made Andrew happy to have gone camping this summer.
Andrew caught the most fish, by the way (out of the guys and kids). He caught catfish, blue gill, and bass. He would cast the line and reel them in all on his own! He really enjoyed it and Jeremy is looking forward to taking him fishing again soon. I'll join them if the chance of rain is 0% and nothing more. ;-)