High Country Bus Festival 2010

We made it to High Country Bus Festival this year. It is in Crumpler, NC on the New River. And is the BIGGEST campout of the year. This year there were 181 buses camped along a one mile stretch of river bank.

The weather was good, but hot. I believe it was around 104 degrees. But we stayed in the water. Tubing down the river and playing in the water. That's me down there tubing down river.

Here is a photo of the teens. My daughter in the middle who has a brake on her knee. She has torn her cartilage in her right knee this time, but the ortho dr said we could still go camping if she kept her knee up and on ice. :o) Which she did, but still got to have fun and tube.

A view only going one way looking up the river. It goes the other way too , full of buses camped out. It was a wonderful campout.

I didn't know my husband could hula hoop so good. There were hula hooping contest.

Jonah stayed on the rope swing the whole weekend. Our bus was right there so it was the prefect spot for him.

A shot of our bus, the blue one in the middle.

It took 7 1/2 hours to get there, we took the long scenic route. And about 6 hours to get home. Not having a/c on the way home was the only bad part of the trip. Everything else was fabulous. Dawnn, who camps right beside us made a roast in the Dutch Oven one night. Oh it was so good. And another night we had Philly cheese steaks for dinner. The food was awesome. We got to see a lot of our 'moonie' family that I miss. Can't wait until next year's High Country.

Sunshine Daydream 2010

The weekend of the 4th of July. Our Independence Day. We went camping in Pinnacle, NC at Sunshine Daydream.

Me and my hubby with our bus in the background. You can be jealous.
Here's Jeremy making breakfast, I had started it but he took over. I love eating breakfast outside in nature.
Shelby enjoying her pancakes. Thanks dad.

Our American flag flies high....

We took a walk down to the lake.... I just love walking in the woods. You see all sorts of critters and plant life.

There were all sorts of different frogs at the lake. Green ones, black ones, and red ones. I am a frog/toad lover.

My sweet boy playing on a tree near the lake. He also loves to be outside. I can't not keep him in doors. :o)

our view....

Jonah shows Sandra his boo boo. She is the master DS player and shows all the kids at camp the tricks to playing. By the way Gary ( not pictured) won the pie eating contest.

This weekend was all about fireworks. And boys/men love fire and fireworks. LOL

Sparklers.

The fireworks were fabulously awesome!!!

Another wonderful camping trip with my sweet little family and our awesome bus Jaws.

NaturalBus 2010

We arrived at NaturalBus which is in Natural Bridge , Va on Thursday evening. This is an annual Full Moon Bus Club campout that is pretty big , hot and crowded every year. It's one of the favorites to most.
I had been working on Chris's quilt since Oct of 2009. It's a reproduction of an old quilt he has had since college. I finally got to give it to him. :o)

Here are some of the girls ( really just a few). This was at the end of camping Sunday. Everyone was packing up and leaving.

This is the heart of it. Very packed and crowded. It was a maze to get to your own bus and I am not kidding. If you took a wrong turn you would end up at a dead end and had to turn around again and find your way out. By Saturday evening you pretty much had the maze memorized and could get in and out pretty good.

This is Jonah in his cot. He sleeps in a cot over the front seats...

Here is "Tent City". A lot of us put our 'pop up' tents together and make a huge area that is under them. It helps with shade , because it's about 1000 degrees there. And if it rains we all have lots of rooms to move.

Another view of "Tent City".....

Shelby had WiFi there. :o) Happy girl. But she does have friends there too that she has been hanging out with and growing up with for 7 years now.

The pool to cool off. The pool was a life saver and so fun.

Our annual Yogi Bear picture. I have gotten a picture of my children with Yogi Bear every year we've come. Aren't they cute!

Hoo Rah 2010

We camped at the Hoo Rah last weekend. It's a family campout that has been happening for over 30 years. In Buckingham County, Va. Here is Jeremy relaxing...
Shelby, (my daughter) and I playing 'chicken foot'.

I got some new twinkle lights I just had to show off. Shelby is brushing her teeth here and not happy that I am taking a picture of her. :o)

Jonah stayed in the water most of the trip.... my little shark boy.

We went canoeing and had the best time. I loved being on the water.

Here we are leaving.. we had to pass through the creek to get there and back. What fun.

We had a blast.

To Washington, DC for the day.

We went to Washington, DC for the day yesterday. I love DC this time of year. The Cherry Bossoms are in full bloom. They are just the most beautiful.

My kids played in the tress. There was a sign that said "do not climb on the rail fence". But no sign saying they couldn't climb the tress. :o)

Both of my children have always be tree climbers. My beautiful daughter and my Indiana Jonah.

We went to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Here is my husband's favorite airplane....

This one is the type that his Uncle Harvey flew in the war.....

Here is Amelia Earhart's plane. I think this is so cool.

My kiddos in the tress again. :o)

We got to spend lots of quality family time together.

Jonah in the Cherry Blossoms....

Until our next Adventure!!!

T.R.O.M. March 5, 2010

TROM stands for The Rides Of March. It's a campout in Atkinson, NC. We didn't make it there. We started off around 10 am , but 2 1/2 hours into the trip our bus broke down for the 2nd time and the engine locked up. Poor Jaws had to be flat bed towed to Jeremy's grandparents house.

So no camping in March. I am pretty bummed. Tomorrow we are going to go for a bike ride here at home and have a picnic just to get out of the house and feel like we are sort of camping. We'll be out in nature.

Jeremy has already started to pull the engine out of Jaws. He needs to get a new one in her by April. That is when Everybus is. The 2nd biggest campout. :o)

Camp Sweet Camp

I am just so ready for 'Camping Season' to start.