We decided we wanted to go camping for Memorial Day. There are beautiful places to camp in the Carolinas, but they fill up quickly. We waited so long that there wasn't much left. We ended up booking a campground that is only about 20 minutes from our house. It wasn't our favorite, but it was really convenient.
Apparently, it used to be a private home that burned down! It was an RV campground that was pretty crowded.
Fortunately, the tent sites are right next to the pond. So if we faced the right direction, it was beautiful.
We had a couple of unexpected visitors. They were VERY noisy at night!
I had the brilliant idea to bring the hammock. That is a must for all future campouts.
We also brought our badminton set. Another must have for the future.
It was crazy hot, but we still built a s'more fire.
We bought the things that turn the flames cool colors. That was fun.
It was so nice to disconnect and get away even for a short time.
My favorite view.
Even Tashi joined in the fun.
We were close enough to home that we decided to go to Church on Sunday and then head back to the campground. Afterwards, we went to Peak for some trail walking. We started at St. Simon's Episcopal Church. I love old buildings.
Then we went to the Palmetto Trail in Peak. We had discovered this spot during COVID. It had been early spring then so it was much greener this time of year.
Some people showed us a trail that led to this creepy bus. We hated to think of what kinds of things may have happened here. There was not a good feeling in that spot.
We were happy to return to the beauty of the Palmetto Trail.
We hiked down to the river beneath the bridge.
After our hike, we returned to the campsite for some card playing.
We chose a miserably hot weekend to camp. The first night, all four of us slept in the tent. There wasn't room for the air mattress and it was hard on my old body.
The second night was even hotter. David and I decided to leave the tent and set up the air mattress under a canopy. It was way more comfortable. It rained a little, but we stayed dry under the canopy.
Deflating the air mattress.
On the way home, Jalen said he spotted a deer. None of the rest of us saw it, so we turned around to look again. We couldn't believe that Jalen saw it from the opposite side of the car and in the back of a parking lot. He is amazing at spotting things like this.
It wasn't the camping trip we had planned, but it was exactly what we needed!
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