I mentioned in a post over here about a possible camping trip with friends of ours this summer… and it sounds like they are in! We just have to figure out when we want to go, and get everyone all approved with their time off from work! And I guess they want to find a sitter, which is obviously their call to make but I want to go on record stating that that wasn’t my intention at all! We like their kids. (Maybe I should say “their kid” since we’ve only met the youngest one twice in her long 9 months so far? I’m sure we like her too though!) I can understand that camping with little ones probably sounds less like fun and more like work to those with the little ones though. I don’t have to worry about all that.

Jeff and I are going to go anyway I think, even if it turns out they aren’t able to. We bought a few supplies this weekend on a big trip to Big Lots! The reason we went is because they advertised a queen size air mattress for $20. But of course they didn’t have any of that one in stock. We ended up getting another one that was $40 instead. It was still a pretty good deal I think. Along with our air mattress we grabbed a battery powered lantern, a clip on mini fan, and some tarps. You can blame the tarps on Jeff, but I’m sure they’ll come in handy at some point. We need to (and by “we” I mean “Jeff”) voyage down to the basement sometime soon and unearth our tent. I think it’s very likely beyond saving, but Jeff doesn’t think so. We’ve never used the tent, and it’s never even been taken out of it’s zipper case thing – but it has been buried in our basement (which gets very wet) (and is infested with spiders) since we’ve lived where we live – so for about five full years. My guess is we may need to scrap it and go tent shopping. Jeff thinks it will just need to be aired out, and probably hosed off. We will see! But you can bet I’m not going near that thing until I am CONVINCED it’s not icky.

The place we’re going to go (Taughannock Falls) would allow Dale to come as long as we provide proof that he’s had his rabies shots (which he is due for)… but I think you can’t leave them unattended for any length of time which would mean we wouldn’t be able to go to the beach area or stroll out to the falls and leave him behind. So probably we will find a dog sitter. Poor Dale. If we had a camper of some sort we could bring him and just put him inside when we go off wherever. But, we don’t have one. We do have a kennel though… would it be weird to kennel a dog inside a tent? lol. He’ll probably just stay at Jeff’s dads, which he will love just as much. He loves visiting his mommy dog, Sam.