First Family Vacation

Last Sunday, Jonathan, the kids, and myself left for a solid 7 nights to ourselves. This is the first time we have ever gone on a vacation with just us (Iceland and Taiwan do not count). We spent Sunday night in a motel in Annapolis. The kids always enjoy when we all sleep in the same room and there are always many giggles as we all try to go to sleep. The next morning we headed to our destination---Delaware.

We had reserved a yurt for four nights at Trap Pond State Park. I have never been camping so this was cross between a tent and a cabin. It was a beautiful park and our yurt site was in a great location. Upon checking in, the attendant made a funny face when I said we were there for the yurt. She stated all she knew of them was they were really HOT!! She also said there was an AC which I had known about. My thoughts were not good--I don't like heat. We made our way back to the yurt and unlocked the door. We were greeted with what it felt to be 100 degree temperatures. I was freaking out. We took our fans and set them up to help cool the yurt down. We then went walking through some trails to give it time to cool. A couple hours later, it was no cooler. Now, I am in serious panic mode as is Jonathan since he knows I get a little cranky when I am hot. We decide to head to town to get our meats and such to grill. Salisbury, Maryland is only 20 minutes away so we headed there to a Walmart. Upon arriving back at our yurt, we were greeted with much cooler temps. Wow, it was relief. Apparently( as we discovered over the next few days) being in the yurt during the daytime means being VERY HOT!! However, during the night it would get cool in there.

For dinner, we cooked hamburgers on the fire pit, baked beans, and corn we had picked up a roadway stand. It was delicious. There are 2 yurts and about 10 cabins back there and besides 2 guys we were the only ones there. It was nice, quiet, and peaceful. After cleaning up from dinner, we had smores. The boys cooked tons of marshmallows just for the fun of it. Keegan enjoyed finding very tiny frogs and putting these in his bug catcher. Everyone played frisbee and football on the walkway.

Jonathan and Cody drove over to the showers later. These were a little further away, but we were thankful there were latrines very nearby. At bedtime, Jonathan realized Kale's feet were pitch black. It took him about 20 wet wipes to even get them closer to being white. He likes to be barefoot so he was going everywhere like that. We all went to sleep to prepare for the next day.