I love camping!

We went camping over Spring Break and it was hilarious. We were only going to go for a few nights, which turned into one night. And rather than on the beach like we planned, we ended up in a small town along a river. It was a blast though. We love camping. Our adventure:
We left to go to Emerald Isle, which is where NC begins to break off into the Outer Banks. It is said to be beautiful. Apparently, not for camping. The place that we were going to stay at had four tent sites...which was basically just some grass that they divided up surrounded with a trailer park. Yes, it was practically ON the beach...but there was no fire pit. Camping? Okay...Well, seeing as how we were going to cook ALL of our food over the fire, we thanked God that we hadn't made a reservation and turned to good ol' Garmin for some advice. We called a few places, none of which existed anymore. Then, Chris' mom found us a place...which we drove by to find that it also did exist. So, 3+ hours from home and we had no place to go. So we start heading back toward home and find a little campground, but they do not have wood. So again, we turn to Garmin and begin calling places and stopping by...no fire wood. UNTIL!...we called a Piggly Wiggly. Ahh...good ol' Piggly Wiggly....they didn't sell bundles, but had individual logs. Okay, whatever. So we go...it's a starter log. So we continue on our adventure and stop at a store. After having no luck, an old man comes out and tells us in old-man-I've-lived-here-forever language where to go...you know, past the place that used to be a vegetable stand. Well, thanks to that old man, we found firewood. We put it in the backseat (because we left no room in the trunk), which also meant Paris was now on my lap. We hear a hissing noise -- I turn around and there is a Sprite can spraying all over the backseat of the car, punctured by the wood. I grab it, get Paris and myself all wet from Sprite and finally manage to roll the window down and hold it out. Eventually, I dumped the can out and all was good, and sticky-Paris, me, the inside and outside of Chris' car. But we found the campground and there was nobody working, so we pay with an envelope and enjoy our peacefulness. We were freezing all night though and the wind was messing with our fire. Anyway, long story, well, long....it was certainly an adventure. I can't wait for our next one.

Pollen...

...leaves these crazy yellow puddles after the rain.
...covers your car with a yellow dust.
...makes my husband get attacked by allergies!
...in a form I've never seen before.