Well I completely forgot that I had to write a post this weekend till Friday night. On any other Friday night that would have been fine, I would have spent a few hours Saturday and written up a post, but last Friday I was at Devils Den State Park for a weekend camping trip. Our phones didn't have service most of the time much less internet. So I'll just give you all an over view of what happened.
Friday night it was just me and big sister. It was freezing even with a heater and a big blanket. During the night my air mattress deflated and I was on the ground freezing. Big sister also had to have a corner of the tent door open so it was really freezing. Did I mention that it was a really cold night? And being the brilliant prepared person that I am I had forgotten my jacket and hadn't packed any long sleeves shirts. So Saturday morning I have to get up and get the grill going in the 50 degree weather in my short sleeves. I could see my breath in the air, and my arms were going numb. Do you get the idea? It was a bit cool that first night and morning. But the sun came up as it always does and soon I was all warmed up and we went off to find cell service. Little sister was suppose to join us and we were worried that she wouldn't know where to find us. There wasn't room in the camp grounds so we were allowed to camp in the horse camp and we couldn't remember if we had told little sister that. Well we got in touch with her and gave her directions. By the time we went to the store and got back to camp she was there and after lunch we all went hiking. We went on Devils Den trail. The Devils Den was locked up though. Because of the White Nose Syndrome that is spreading south west from New York state that is killing 95 to 100% of the bats in the caves it hits. There were overhangs that are not officially caves and we could explore those. Those were cool. I discovered that I love rock climbing. After that trail little sister wanted to go back to camp so we dropped her off and big sis and me went up Yellow Rock Trail. It was pretty. No caves but a good view and a funny group of East Texans at the top. That night was much better. Every time I would wake up I would think how much better it was this night then it was last night. Sunday we were going to go hiking in Ozark National Forest but we couldn't find any hiking trails. We spent the day driving around looking for trails. Though we did get sleeping bags and that made that last night a lot better. This morning the sisters wanted to head straight home but I wanted to go on around the Devils Den trail again. It was a lot of fun the secant time. I got to explore a bit more. It felt like we were exploring Middle Earth. I'm already thinking about when we could go back.
Friday night it was just me and big sister. It was freezing even with a heater and a big blanket. During the night my air mattress deflated and I was on the ground freezing. Big sister also had to have a corner of the tent door open so it was really freezing. Did I mention that it was a really cold night? And being the brilliant prepared person that I am I had forgotten my jacket and hadn't packed any long sleeves shirts. So Saturday morning I have to get up and get the grill going in the 50 degree weather in my short sleeves. I could see my breath in the air, and my arms were going numb. Do you get the idea? It was a bit cool that first night and morning. But the sun came up as it always does and soon I was all warmed up and we went off to find cell service. Little sister was suppose to join us and we were worried that she wouldn't know where to find us. There wasn't room in the camp grounds so we were allowed to camp in the horse camp and we couldn't remember if we had told little sister that. Well we got in touch with her and gave her directions. By the time we went to the store and got back to camp she was there and after lunch we all went hiking. We went on Devils Den trail. The Devils Den was locked up though. Because of the White Nose Syndrome that is spreading south west from New York state that is killing 95 to 100% of the bats in the caves it hits. There were overhangs that are not officially caves and we could explore those. Those were cool. I discovered that I love rock climbing. After that trail little sister wanted to go back to camp so we dropped her off and big sis and me went up Yellow Rock Trail. It was pretty. No caves but a good view and a funny group of East Texans at the top. That night was much better. Every time I would wake up I would think how much better it was this night then it was last night. Sunday we were going to go hiking in Ozark National Forest but we couldn't find any hiking trails. We spent the day driving around looking for trails. Though we did get sleeping bags and that made that last night a lot better. This morning the sisters wanted to head straight home but I wanted to go on around the Devils Den trail again. It was a lot of fun the secant time. I got to explore a bit more. It felt like we were exploring Middle Earth. I'm already thinking about when we could go back.
Back to real life. But maybe a 9 to 5 job and bills and obligations aren't real life? Maybe the trips and the writing are real life and we just have to put on a facade so we can interact with the rest of the world.
Sorry again for being late.
You all have a blessed week.
Morgan J
You all have a blessed week.
Morgan J
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