Camping Trip!!

It has been a long time since we have attempted any kind of camping, and thought it was time to give it a shot! We already had most of the gear needed and only had to purchase a few things. I had done some looking online for a camping spot that was close by and had some modern conveniences (bathrooms are necessary with kids!!). We didn't want a campground that was void of trees and had the campers all on top of each other. We found Bayshore Campground in Rock Hall, MD!! Because of Memorial weekend, they were pretty packed but had a space for us. Megan, the owner, was so great over the phone and I couldn't wait to meet her!

Thursday afternoon, we set off!! The car was full and everyone super excited!

We arrived to the beautiful country town of Rock Hall and our camping spot. Megan (who is around our age!) greeted us warmly and lead us to our camp on her golf cart. We couldn't be more thrilled with the location. The whole campground is full of mature trees that provided so much shade and atmosphere. The kids were very wiggly with excitement and proceeded to play with their new ball catching game while Brian and I set up camp. The campground is set on the Chesapeake Bay. While there wasn't really a beach to play on, there were big rocks to sit on and look over the water.

Over the two full days there we explored the area, went to the beach twice, walked through a nature preserve (until the bugs were so annoying Brian exclaimed, "I've had it with Nature!"), and went into Chestertown to their Tea Party Celebration (as in Boston Tea Party). The kids were awesome and very well behaved. They befriended the camp next to us as they had a wonderful dog named Toby! Riley thought the bugs were too loud at night and told them to be quiet! Our camera ran out of battery life, so below are a few of the pics we were able to get.

Can't wait for the next trip!

Daddy and Riley playing catch. You can see the edge of the pond that was in front of our campsite. Little did we know, it was stocked with catfish! Riley will definitely have a fishing pole next time!

Brianna enjoying a cool morning and our fire pit. SMORES!!!

Our tent and picnic table. You can also see the porta potties right behind. Those were the cleanest porta potties I have ever been in!!

We drove by this guy while in the Eastern Neck Nature Preserve.

I took pics of some of the flowers we saw (just for you Aly!!).

Two different views of Chesapeake Bay

Awww...

Some serious sand digging!

Brianna is always so happy while at the beach

They actually get along so well at the beach.

The only bad thing that happened was that Riley touched our propane lantern the first night and burned his hand in about 4 places. The worst is pictures here. It blistered up the next day to about the size of a half dollar. Ouch!