Camping, Again

If there was ever any question, sure enough we are crazy. After 215 days living in a camper and only 3 months in the house we were off on a family camping trip :-) Montgomery Bell here we come. We camped with our good friends Shelli, Zac, and Hayley. Friday night was spent with getting tents setup, eating smores, and waiting on Shelli to get there (she didn't make it until late).

Saturday we got up and had my famous blueberry pancakes and polish sausage. Charles, Heather, Austin, and Brooke showed up in time to eat breakfast and head to the Narrows of the Harpeth with us. We did not realize that there was still flood damage to the put in location, so we had to add a few more miles to the trip. The float was now going to be over 7 miles. We were set to go with a picnic lunch, coolers of drinks, and kids.

The biggest excitement came when a bad thunder storm with lightening came up fairly quick. It lasted for over 20 minutes. All three canoes and Tina's kayak all huddles on side of the river under some trees. We had some kids who were crying and some who were praying. Another man came over to us and huddled with us with his two daughters as well. Luckily as soon as it was over, the sun came back out and we just carried on and continued to have fun. We certainly did not let it ruin the trip in any way.

There was a lot of fishing and Rod started out strong, catching the first fish. He fished the entire way and caught a whopping 4 fish. Would have been good enough except that about 2/3rds of the way, Tina decided she wanted to fish as well... On her 3rd cast she caught her 1st of 3 bass. In the end it was tied 4 to 4 between Rod and Tina!

Later that evening we sat around the fire and just enjoyed each others company.

Tina and Hayley at the campsite
Tori setting up the Tent

The first fish of the trip

The Weavers - including AJ the dog

Tina's first time on the river in her Kayak

Stopping to eat lunch and play in the water
Zac hanging out
Austin is giving Tina a lift upstream

Playing in the current. This is a fun spot because the current will sweep you down, but it is shallow and not too dangerous

After the downpour...



There was so much water that we had pull over and dump 4 or more inches of water out of the canoes.



After the rain is when Tina started fishing. Her she is with her first catch.


We all posed for a picture at the bell tunnel.