We were very "woodsy" on this trip & cooked all our meals (which took... a while) but it was nice because it really made us all slow down and just relax. We also had lots of campfires, had to buy our wood though because we thought we couldn't have campfires so we didn't bring any with us... Not the greatest idea, lol! Made great s'mores almost every night & had fun taking some crazy fire pics!
Hanging out the first night by the campfire talking to our new neighbors by the fire was peaceful & relaxing, then they came... Leah had gone to sleep already but when three deer came within mere feet of us I just had to wake her up to see them! I practically had to hold her up, she was still very out of it but she saw them... then asked groggily to go back to sleep & I carried her back to the tent.
It's a terrible pic of them but it's the only one I could get. I was obviously more excited than everyone else (and probably more than I should have been, lol) The second night they came back at the same time & I didn't bother to wake Leah up this time but I did get a little braver. Our neighbors told me the deer would eat from my hand & I just happened to have a bag of Doritos in my lap...
So I walked out to the road, slowly, got about 5 feet from one of them on the road and held out a chip... waiting... it looked at me and slowly walked toward me & took it from my hand! I held out another one & it got closer... I fed it several chips & it got close enough for me to feel its wet squishy nose, I was as giddy as a kid!! I'll never forget the experience :)
Our only full day at the park we decided to try a hiking trail. We drove out of the campgrounds and down the road just a little to the Cave Trail. We got a little ways down the trail when we passed another family who asked if we knew we had passed the cave already. Hmm, really? We have only been walking about 5 minutes... sure enough, though, the "cave" was about 100 feet from the trail head, lol! We went up to it and started to explore...
We couldn't get very far into it & it was damp & muddy inside but still a neat cave. We still wanted to hike so we took off down the trail eventually finding a big rock to stop for lunch on.
Totally alone together, it was nice :) We headed back toward the cave where there was a stream coming out of the rocks. We all had fun playing with our cameras taking photos of all the nature...
Leah was so hot she decided to take off her shoes and get in the water... you can see from her face how that felt! LOL
It was COOOLLD!! But she was still happy to have cooled off a little :) We also went to the beach for the afternoon & got a TON of shells to bring home! Still not sure what we will make with them but we'll figure out something crafty! Here's her "castle"
Overall it was a great trip! We met some nice people who helped us out a lot & Leah made friends too!
Until next time...
Happy Camping!
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