We did it!

We left on Friday night to go camping. On the way up we stopped to get gas around Punta Gorda. I came out of the gas station and looked up to see if I had time to put the power stearing fluid in the car before it rained and there it was. A funnel cloud! I have not seen one since I was in high school. I was yelling at Scout to look and he said he seen it so I told him to get the camera. It was awsome, about a 1/4 mile away and really thin. But by the time I was done with the Power stearing fluid it was getting bigger. So we went on our way. There were people stopped on I-75 and everyone was out of their cars taking pictures.

When we got to camp we seen Scouts friend Carlos and his family in the office. We rented a spot next to them and started to set up. Scout got our tent up in no time and I was fighting with the dining fly. After a little bit Scout helped his Carlos' family get their tent up and then we sat back and relaxed for a few min. I put the Baby to bed and finished getting our site together. That night Carlos' family was up till about three in the morning and we didn't get to sleep at all. They are cuban and are generally a loud group!

The next morning Scout cooked scrambled eggs and we also had o.j. and bagels. The boys shot a bb gun that Carlos brought and then we were tring to decide to go to the pool or rent a golf cart. We ended up renting a golf cart and after I paid for it I had a quarter left over so I dropped it into a game for a chance to win a free hour on the golf cart. You know the thing where you drop the coin through water to land on a spot. Well guess what? I won it landed on the red spot and stayed on. I looked at the girl and said "I did it". I ran and told the boys they were really exited. We puttered around there for a bit then got on our carts and drove around. There was not that far to go since the rains has blocked up most of the pathways but they did have this one ramp for the dumpster that was pretty fun. The dumpster was called Racoon Resturant. It said "all you can eat" and "bring the whole family" and Eat for free help yourself" Really cute. After the hour on the cart the boys were pretty much wore out so we got our money back for the second hour and got some toys for the pool and snowcones.
When it was time to start dinner we set up the coals in the pit and had a hard time getting them lit. Scout was cooking Turkey for us. He was never really satisfied with his fire and was really pissed when Carlos' family had a big fire going. He had to take some time out and he sat in the car for a bit. But it was not long before he was back in the game. We had Turkey, corn on the cob and beans and rice for dinner. I think Scout decided that it wasn't such a good idea to go camping with friends that had more money than us. Even though I told him that we came here because Carlos was our friend and not because he had money. He was feeling a little jelous of him cause Carlos' family had air mattreses and fans and four adults and three kids. and we only had one adult and three kids, well really only two kids and a baby that needed lots of holding...We did do marshmellows, but of couse Carlos' family had to one up us again and get the powder that turns the flames different colors.
We went to bed about nine-thirty that night and actually got some sleep that night. The next morning we got up and started packing to go home. I didn't want to be unpacking at five o'clock at night when I was already exhausted from the heat. We left about 9:30 and learned that Carlos' family was staying for the rest of the day.
We got home unpacked the car and went to sleep. I got a call from my dad and they had locked the keys in the car so I had to go to their howse get the key and bring it to them. on the way to bring it to then I stopped back to get Scout and his friend Timmy was there so Scout went to Timmys house and I gave the key to dad. Then I went with Ferret and the Baby to Sam's Club to meet my brother there. He was treating us to some groceries. Yay! After that I went by Timmy's house and the boys ended up staying the night there. So it was just the baby and I for the night. I unloaded the car again and finished putting the camping gear away and started laundry. I got the house all back to normal.
I love camping, but next time we will do it either more north of Florida or only camp in the winter. It was too damn HOT!!!