Camping adventure with good friends!

Last weekend we headed out on another camping excursion...this time to Blue Mounds State Park with our friends, the Gravenhof's. We had planned this weekend with them the beginning of the summer...but just weren't sure where to go. We each had 2 spots in mind. We ended up deciding on Blue Mounds as it was fairly close to where they live.

We got there on Friday night around 6:30. By the time we were unhooked and ready, it was time for supper. Jamie and Lori had whipped up barbeques and so we had that and the fixins to go with. After supper, we jumped on the bikes and went touring a little bit. Amber and Kevin were at our house during that time, so they came out for a couple hours Friday night too.

Saturday morning we woke up, made breakfast, and made a plan for the day. It was supposed to be a hot one. We decided to head to Wayside Chapel in the a.m. before it got too hot. What a great little place! We saw it on our way on Friday night and knew we had to go back.

We were shocked at how big it was on the inside. The 8 of us fit with ease. It was absolutely one of the cutest places I have ever been. I would love to go back to it again soon!

On our way back to the campground, we had to stop and take some pictures by the Blue Mounds State Park sign.

Kids first...Dalton, Presley, Dawson, and Madison...

Then it was the Gravenhof families turn...

And us...

Once in the park, we went to the buffalo viewing spot. Madison was insistant on driving!

The buffalo were quite a ways out...but with our handy, dandy binoculars...we were still able to see them.

We had to take some pictures by the rocks too on our way out to the dam.

We decided that since it was going to be so hot, we would go to the beach. What a great place! We swam for over 3 hours.

After swimming, we headed back, all got showered up and had a snack. Both of the younger kids slept for a couple hours. When they woke up, we all walked around the campground. It is definitely in my top 3 list...the camp spots are really roomy, the roads are paved, 2 great bathrooms, dumpsters everywhere, great trails, fun beach, etc., etc., etc. We will absolutely go back again! We had supper kind-of late and sat up and visited until around midnight.

Sunday morning, we got up, ate breakfast, and started to pack up. We had company coming over for supper Sun. night, so we didn't want to get home too late. We left around noon and got home just after 1. The Gravenhof's stayed a couple more hours.

Thanks so much to Jamie, Lori and the boys for going! We had a great time! Let's do that again soon!