Petit Jean Camping

We took Benson camping for the first time!

Busting a move

Nothing better than eating outdoors. Two of Benson's Favorites.

Bear Cave Trail

Picture does not do it justice these spiders are so big and disgusting.

Another scenic hike after swimming

Family photo at another cave

Bensons first Fire

Benson and Buddy Bennett enjoying some Marshmallows.  They could not wait for Smores.

Benson loved roaming around playing with sticks and rocks.

Some of the fun people that joined in on the fun.

Bret entertaining the kids with his messy smore eating

Bret had two days off of school so we joined some friends for a camp out in Arkansas.  We went Thursday night by ourselves and others came the next morning.  It was really fun to hang out with Bret after Benson went to sleep and sit around the campfire.  We were not alone for long though.  A skunk and then racoons joined in on the fun.  They were not shy at all we would flip our flashlights around as we heard them rustling and they were ten feet away from us.  Bret had to throw rocks for them to get moving.  We were more worried about them then they seemed to be about us.  It was an extremely warm night so Benson slept with just a diaper on.   Bret and I tried to stay as far apart as possible so we would not touch our hot bodies. I slept more than I thought I would but I was ready to get out of the hot tent as soon as the first signs of morning appeared.  We got up had a wonderful breakfast, and went on a quick hike before it got too HOT!  The others showed up afterwards and we spent most of the day at the pool.  The kids loved going down the slide and jumping off the diving board.  Benson loved to just play on the stairs and practice going under the water.  We enjoyed another hike to a cave after dinner and then had some cobbler and smore's while the kids played. The adults had fun just sitting around chatting.  The men were enjoying conversation so much they started giggling.  Even though Bret says the were not giggling just laughing.  Oh boys!!! Such a fun night!  And even nicer it was a cool night I had to pull a blanket over me which was so nice compared to the night before!  We got up packed up camp went on another quick walk and then headed back home. Thanks everyone for such a fun weekend!  We had been talking about going camping for a long time so it was nice to finally do it.