Our almost camping trip..can you say BEAR?

Our first camping trip in over 4 years and we were excited and prepared (except for a few things) and ready for this adventure. We had a great time riding bikes and playing at the lake with Maggie. We found some great rocks and driftwood ( my mom would be proud). The girls made friends with our neighbor campers and I taught Abby how to play Slap Jack!

There were a lot of these chubby caterpillars.

The girls in the tent all ready to camp out.

This was Maggie's first camping trip and she did really good. We took her on a bike ride to the lake and she was pooped after that. This was her chosen sleeping spot for the time we were there.

Derek tried to get a little fishing in. Fallen Leaf Lake is beautiful (unfortunately I didn't get pictures) but a little too windy for catching anything. Some day I will get a picture of him with his normal smile!

After dinner we started our fire and made some s'mores. We were having a great time.

Then.......the campers next to us announce that there is a BEAR IN OUR CAMP!! Yes you heard me...A BEAR!!!!!!! All I remember is Derek telling me to get in the car with the girls and they ran off screaming. Maggie was still tied up to her leash, not barking at all mind you. Derek and our neighbor camper scared the bear off finally. It was a 300 pound bear and it was trying to get food/garbage and wandered off down to the next camp. We decided that the girls would not sleep in the tent and knowing the bear would probably come back to our camp, we decided to go home. Derek and I picked up camp as fast as we could while the girls were crying in the car. I put on a movie to distract them but Gracie was pretty terrified. She still is today! To make matters worse as we were leaving I backed in to a tree and then Derek saw the bear again on top of the dumpster and he tried to scare it off while warning the campers along the way that the bear was coming towards them. SERIOUSLY!!! WHAT A NIGHTMARE ! Why do these things happen? We got home close to midnight and the girls slept in our bed. We all slept well but we were disappointed our camping trip didn't turn out the way we wanted. I had big plans!! We may attempt to go again but not to the same place. I'll let you know how that one goes:/