I’ll never be on survivor (aka camping trip from h*ll)

My long awaited 4th of July vacation! Our first family camping trip! The Great Outdoors!

We drive in the rain 3 hours to our anticipated family outdoor trip. Fortunately the rain slowed to a drizzle to allow us to put up the tent. Did we practice before " h*ll no " it has been raining for 40 days and 40 nights so we didn’t get the opportunity. Tent went up o-k then the tarp part " all of a sudden the instructions were in campingese " (camping language). We improvised and it came up looking pretty good. We were able to cook and build a fire as the rain was just light. During the night it thunderstormed.

Next day " rain, rain, rain. We went to Walmart. We went to the office and “rec room”. Instead of getting down, we made plans for the other “sunny” days. It was expected to be clear that day and the next several according to the paper. We finally decided to go to the tent and play cards. It wasn’t too bad, then the rain let up a bit so we could barbecue. That lasted maybe 10 minutes and then the downpour. We ate in the tent. I was almost ready to give up. My kids were worried about me " I drank wine and forgot my sorrows.

The next morning " sunshine " it was a good day " we played and did out doors stuff. We had smores that night. Then it started to thunder again " we went in the tent and slept.

The next day was supposed to be the best. We rented a canoe for the day as we were on a beautiful lake with lots of wildlife and river inlets and crap. It was wonderful. We found the best fishing spot " it was great " then this huge dark cloud came out of no where " we were pretty far from the campsite " a loud crack of thunder. What the h*ll do we do? We pulled ashore and hunkered down. It downpoured with loud thunder and lightening all around us- the kids cried; it was a freezing cold rain, the bugs were biting my butt.

It let up " nice again we went to fish and then heard a crack of thunder. Hubby and I started to frantically row for the campsite " I never rowed so fast and hard before " it was a long way, the clouds were chasing us. The kids yelling " we managed to pull ashore just as the heavy rain came again. We ran into the office/rec room. It rained and rained and rained. We finally decided to run to the car and drive to the campsite.

We just sat in the car with the heat blaring " we called a hotel and left the camp with all our crap. We spent a warm night with take out pizza and beer. It was heaven. After talking about the show Survivor, my daughter asked where they stayed on Amazing Race. I told her they stayed in a hotel. She decided she wants to be on the Amazing Race " smart girl.