Fall Break

We had wanted to go camping during Labor day weekend and weren't able to so we have been planning a fall camping trip. I know it is crazy to think coming from Idaho weather that you could possible go camping in the middle of October, but we did and the weather was great. We started of early Friday morning. It was cold and cloudy out, but it never rained all day. We got to the covered bridge festival and were there until it closed at 5 pm. There are covered bridges throughout Indiana and this festival of selling goods is centered around them. There were all kinds of booths for almost a mile stretch. We walked by most of them and enjoyed looking at all the different things. We didn't buy much because we didn't have room to take it back with us, but we got away with a few cheap ties for Terry, a five dollar Disney movie of the Incredibles, and a souvenir mug. Of course there was carnival food that was fun to eat. Terry's favorite was the inch and 1/2 thick pork chop sandwich as you can see in the pictures. We went to a camp ground that night and spent time setting up our tent and talking around the campfire. Terry had the bright idea to bring our huge air mattress. Sadly enough it didn't quite fit in our tent. We tried to make it work, but halfway through the night we just had to let the air out we were feeling a little claustrophobic. The next day we went hiking with Porter in tow. I didn't think it would be that bad. The trail was marked "very rugged" but I didn't think it could be that bad. I stand corrected. I think they should start marking the trail as "extremely rugged-caution if you have small children and think you can make it turn around and go back!!!" We had to go through ravenes and climb steep rock areas, avoid water puddles between rocks, and climb up and down hundreds of stairs. It felt good to have made it when we got done, but my calves and thighs are sore still. We spent the night again and then on the way home went to a branch in greencastle for church. It was a really fun weekend and we hope to do some more camping.