It all doesn't matter if we don't have each other.: Trip #1 Camping

So back in....ummm...when was this again? It has been so long that I can't even remember. Not in April...No wait it was the first week in April! Anyways, Derick O'lena and I went camping with our friends "The Popples." I tease them and call them the Umpoppables like that TLC show. Yeah I watch alot of TLC. I think it is the only channel I really watch. I enjoy their programming. Derick sometimes gets sick of "Say yes to the dress" and he thinks "Sister Wives" are nuts but I think they are fun. But I digress...

So we went camping with the Pobbles...They have become our new camping buddies when we are not with the family. They are good camping people. I am excited because we have already planned our next trip to St. Augustine and we are camping on the beach! That will be a new experience.

This time we went to Hillsbrough River State Park. It was BEAUTIFUL! I really like this place. And come to find out it was only like 10 miles from my apt in Tampa. I spent 4 years there and never knew it existed. This park had so much to do. A lot of hiking, a fort, hiking, bridges, fishing, hiking. They had this massive pool, the biggest pool I have ever seen outside of a water park. It was amazing, but it was out of order because they were doing maintenance on it.

Here are some pictures from our trip.
I say some...i mean a lot. Chrissy takes more (and better) pictures than I do.

There is where O'lena eats her meals. I'm not quite sure if she likes it or not. She just kind of deals.

Yes, this is where we put her while we were setting up. Yeah she dealt with that too.

On morning we were up before our camping buddies (this is a switch from last time because we were sleeping sleepertons before) and Derick REALLY wanted to go fishing so O'lena fell asleep and daddy fished and mommy got to hold her baby.

This is daddy try to have O'lena fish. Again O'lena dealing with her parents.

This is my favorite picture from this trip! This is what we did instead of being able to go into the ginormous pool. It was a bit cold but once she got in she was fine. Quinton, the Popple's son, was not so into it. She looks like a model striking a pose here. She is so stinking adorable.

This picture shows how long her hair is getting. We have to put it up everyday because it gets into her eyes and nose and mouth and food and anything else. Dealing yet again.

This is our friend Chrissy and I on one of the trails there. They had a bunch, but alot of them where closed because they were flooded because of all the rain they were having then. We were lucky too because they just had tornadoes a few days before knocked out some power lines and they had no power for three days prior to our arrival. They had just got it back on a couple hours before we got there. They guy when I was checking in was like..."Yeah every one was primitive camping even if they wanted too or not." There was no running water. I think i might have went home. I don't mind camping but I dont like primitive camping.

Here are Chrissy, Quinton, O'leeny, and I on the bridge in front of the fort. You can see it in the background there. That was really cool. We had to jump some fences to get to it, but it was well worth it. Maybe next time we can go while it is open and actually see inside.