Our camping adventure

We definitely had a camping adventure 2 weekends ago...and while I won't give you the play by play here are a few highlights of our trip-with pictures, of course.

• Someone (hm....wonder who it was...) didn't bring the directions...or plates, or napkins, or utensils. Oh, and he didn't bring a hat either. Whoops, did I say he?
• A 15 mile drive to the nearest Walmart to pick up all of the forgotten items and to get dinner at Zaxby's--since we couldn't get the fire started with wood, charcoal and half a container of lighter fluid.
• One very cold night in a tent
• 602 stairs from the bottom of Amicalola Falls to the top
• Hot dogs and smores for lunch and reading the new Colbert book by the fire
• A 2 mile drive down a crazy mountain road to check out a baptist church that is literally in the middle of nowhere
• Prime rib buffett at the lodge (do we know how to rough it or what?)
• Deciding at 7:30 that we're not ready to freeze another night
• Getting pulled on the way home for having a headlight out with Joel's wallet somewhere in all the camping stuff we stuffed in the trunk
  

Joel trying to warm up in the car after his very cold night in the tent...he's already purchased a new sleeping bag that is rated to -15 degrees


Near the bottom of the falls

The view from the top of the falls

"Ranger Joel"


Cooking up some hot dogs

Thursday Thirteen-- Thirteen Things I bought this week

I could probably do this post every week...but I'll spare everyone the extent of my shopaholic-ness.

1. Hiking boots to start to break in on our camping trip next weekend. These are supposed to have the "stickiest" rubber bottoms to help me from falling off Half Dome when we go to Yosemite next year.
2. 8x8 scrapbook, paper and stickers to do a small scrapbook of our vacation to Jamaica!

3. A dress for my cousin's "formal dress" wedding in December.

4. A signed 1st edition of History of Meredith College by Mary Lynch Johnson (technically a Christmas gift for myself).

5. Frozen pastry to make Chicken Pastry last Sunday.





6. Thanksgiving cards and birthday cards for my Mom, Grandpa and Grandmother.

7. A baked potato from Wendy's for lunch yesterday--all of my co-workers were jealous.

8. A shelf for my pantry to stack canned goods on--my project to tackle this weekend is cleaning out the pantry. Yuck.

9. This cute hat, again for camping and Yosemite and it will match my purple Columbia jacket.

10. Christmas presents! I love online shopping and I have purchased almost all of the presents!

11. A birthday present for my mom, that will arrive late :-(

12. These alligator Sperry's--I had been searching f-o-r-e-v-e-r for brown flat shoes! They are a lot cuter in person than this pic and they were on sale.

13. ? This proved to be a little more difficult than I thought it would be. Guess I need to go shopping at lunch!

Anyone have any fun purchases this week?