July 6, 2022

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  • Reagan had to be the first one awake this morning. She headed out by 9 this morning to go to church. They then headed to a local church to work on cleaning out the rooms. She said that they hauled stuff to throw it away and cleaned all day long. 
  • She had a great time, of course, since she was with all of her buddies. When they came back to the church house, they even hung out up there. Robby always talks about all of the time that he spent hanging out up at the church, so I am glad that Reagan has that opportunity as well. 
  • Keaton was gone since she had spent the night at a friend's house. That just left Whitman here so of course he slept on our couch, and he seemed to sleep most of the morning long. I actually had to wake him up so he could go with me to pick up Keaton and Lily.
  • We then ran to Nonna's house to drop off some cookies before going to the library. I couldn't get the kids to check out any books, but they did do the scavenger hunt so they could collect a prize from the treasure box. Plus they did grab the craft for the week-sand to make.
  • When we came home, the girls played, and Whitman did some school work and some ipading. I worked-organized a pantry, the chip cabinet, the cabinet under the bar, and then I worked on the girls' clothes and closet. I did decide that I am not going to buy any girl any clothes anymore. There room, drawers and closet is just plain ridiculous! I have the rest of this week, plus next week to make it better and make it better I will.
  • This evening we headed to the pool. The kids enjoyed playing with everyone, but Robby and I enjoyed talking to the adults even more. We stayed later than we had intended we were having so much fun chatting. On the way home, we stopped at Arby's for supper. We ate pretty quickly because we were hungry! 
  • Then we walked Bentley tonight in the dark. She is pretty unsettled because the neighbors have people working on their air conditioner so Bentley is just walking from closed window to closed window barking. When she does lay down, she looks up at me and barks occasionally to let me know that she is mad I will not let her in the mudroom to see out the big window.
  • We are currently watching a tv show, and when it is over it will certainly be bedtime!
  • Rock Creeker Update: We have seen the kids in their instagram lives. I do believe that they each said "hi mom" on the video when instructed. By the pictures from Shannon is looked like the boys spent some time playing basketball while Campbell was, of course, on the beach. Thankfully, she did not yet look sunburned! Supper tonight was taco salad so I know that they enjoyed that since it is a standard meal around here.

July 5, 2022

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  • I slept in a little bit this morning which was super nice. I wasn't trying to, but then I figured I had all day to get my stuff done. However, that "all day" seemed really short so I was scurrying around this morning.
  • Robby ended up having to take the camper to the place in North Little Rock to get it fixed. He had called about just buying a new generator online and installing with help of friends. The price was so large he thought a couple hundred dollars for the place in NLR to diagnose it officially would be worth it.
  • He headed there as soon as he could, and as soon as I could wake everyone else up, we went to pick him up. He left there feeling pretty good about things-they will replace with a brand new generator plus have a warranty and hopefully installed within 2 weeks and and still less than the price from the place online and that was just the hardware.  So that all is promising.
  • On the Memphis car front-they called today saying that it was the front axle. That makes me pretty nervous since the noise was not coming from the front of the car. Seriously, we were all sitting in the car, and we all thought it was the rear wheel. I stood outside and heard the sound. So all that to say, I sure hope the mechanics know what they are doing and somehow the front axle makes sounds from the rear wheel. Robby did play some YouTube videos tonight with a car making similar noises and it being axle related.
  • After picking up Robby, we ran to Hobby Lobby and then he shuttled Reagan, Keaton and I to Goodwill. While we were inside looking, Robby and Whitman ran to Kroger-mainly for Whitman  to go to the bathroom. He has a huge water bottle-like Anderson, and he has drank all of it today so far at least twice. Needless to say, he had to go to the bathroom for a good while at Kroger.
  • They picked up Sonic for us when the did pick us up. We found a few things-leggings and shoes for Keaton, 3 or 4 tshirts for Reagan along with a pair of sandals for her. Next time we go, I am going to make the girls only look for the tags that are on sale that day. We had a few of those today, and that sure made a difference in my total.
  • After our shopping excursion, we came home for a few minutes. Then headed back out to the pool. Reagan even decided to come with us-I think she has been a bit bored lately. It is hard going from vbs to camp to mission trip and then home with one sister gone with no work to go to. Next week she will have two sisters gone so by then she will be super bored. Maybe even bored enough she will help me clean her room and closet.
  • The pool was warm, but Keaton and Whitman were loving playing with their buddies. Keaton even went home with Lily, and I do know that she played a game of Monopoly over at their house. Electronic monopoly-it apparently is played super fast so the games don't go months like they do here at this house.
  • Kennedy came over to spend the night here. Robby and I took a walk this evening, and that is about all that we did tonight. Oh, no-I take that back. Robby vacuumed pretty much the entire house while I cleaned all of the potties. We could vacuum here every single day and for some reason we have stopped cleaning the potties so both chores were necessary this evening.
  • Rock Creeker Update: They had pancakes and bacon this morning for breakfast. There was possibly some type of dodgeball thing along with a volleyball tournament happening today. Shannon is faithfully taking pictures of my babies and said that the temperature was 87 there today but felt warmer.
  • Supper tonight was pasta, salad and rolls. Anderson's group was on kitchen clean up. Then tonight's big activity was going to Race City which is like a little amusement park. Also to note-it doesn't look like they are too sunburned so that is a good thing for sure!

July 4, 2022

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  • Despite having 5 extra girls in the house, we all slept great last night. I don't think that the girls woke up until around 8:30. The eventually migrated to the kitchen where they ate some breakfast and played Telestrations until their moms started to pick them up.
  • Whitman missed all of this and continued to snooze on my couch until almost 11. Robby and I worked in the camper some this morning. Keaton did ask to get Bentley's pool out.
  • She did, and not surprisingly, Bentley still does not enjoy water. She did stand in it obediently, but whenever she had a chance to step out, she would take it.
  • Whitman joined and soon Bentley's pool became Whitman and Keaton's splash spot. They began by splashing, but ended with water balloons. Robby used the hose to defend himself against the balloons. 
  • Then he went in to give Bentley a bath-there is nothing smellier than a wet dog. Even a clean wet dog smells like a wet dog! She does smell much better when she dries thankfully.
  • For supper tonight, we went to Chilis. It was fine, but Robby and I both agreed that we need some other activity other than eating out. We had been in all day long and were getting a little bit stir crazy. I suggested that next time we go and get sno cones, but that wouldn't answer the "what's for supper?" question.
  • After eating, we came home. I began working on my pictures while Reagan had a shower and the others played on their devices. Currently, I think I may take a quick nap before bedtme!
  • Rock Creeker (Anderson, Graham, and Campbell) update: Their buses left last night at 11:30. They had a drive exchange somewhere along the route. Then this morning they all ate breakfast at ChickFilA.
  • After breakfast the did have a stop at Buccees followed by lunch at a mall right near their camp. Shannon was able to give me a report and send some pictures. It looked like Graham helped unload a trailer, he played volleyball and basketball. Anderson was spotted playing volleyball, and Campbell was seen swimming. 
  • Their supper tonight was BBQ, beans and chips. During supper, they had a livestream on Facebook, and we watched it as we ate at Chilis. We were able to spot everyone-Campbell seemed to be attracted to the camera while Graham and Anderson did their best to hide from it!

July 3, 2022

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  • Last night when I was trying to get everyone in bed quickly, I told the boys "if we go to church tomorrow, then I will wake you up in time to take a shower." Anderson looked at me like I had lost my mind, and Graham said, "if?" 
  • Before that point Robby and I weren't too sure if we were going to church in the morning or not since it was after 2 at this point. However, I took the boys' response to mean that they certainly wanted to go to church so to church we went.
  • It was a little hard for me to keep my eyes open during the sermon. However, this isn't too uncommon for me. Robby and I do stay up late at least once every few weeks, so we were fine this morning, and the two naps that we had today did help.
  • Waking the kids up proved to be a bit more challenging. Robby was able to get Whitman back to her bed, where I think that he fell back asleep. Keaton jumped in the upstairs shower and Graham in the downstairs shower. That left Anderson in the bonus room shower, but I had to wake him up a few times. 
  • Campbell had a cute dress on this morning, but took it off to wear her mission trip shirt like everyone else. Graham and Anderson changed shirts yesterday when they were matching, but today they had to wear the same ones along with Reagan who was also matching them.
  • After Sunday school, we went to Walmart to get somethings for the kids' trip. They really just needed snacks-and snacks we bought. Campbell kind of had a budget, but the boys didn't seem like they heard me today when I gave them the budget. 
  • Campbell even ended up putting things in the cart which I did give her a pass since she is one who is going on the trip. But when Reagan started adding candy, I had to question it. She told me that she needed a treat and was going to split it with Keaton and Whitman. How could I say no to that? 
  • Robby and Whitman had picked up pizza while the rest of us were in the store. We all devoured the pizza as soon as we got home. Then I started packing the kids, but Robby suggested that we take a quick nap first.
  • Of course, that was something that I certainly agreed to. When I did get up, Campbell already had her bag downstairs. We did add something to it, and it was incredibly neatly packed. I was proud. The boys packed quickly next. I folded all of Graham's stuff to put in his bag. Anderson needs a larger duffel bag to pack in, but we made it work. 
  • Then there was supper on your own and eventually tonight, a few fireworks at the Heltz house. Robby did have to leave to take Anderson, Campbell, Graham and Brett to Rock Creek so they could leave on their beach camp trip. They are driving through the night which kind of makes me a bit nervous, but it will all be fine. 
  • Robby returned into time to see a few fireworks go off. The kids enjoyed playing and holding the sparklers. Some how though, I ended up with 4 of Keaton's friends to sleep over tonight. Reagan had Alyssa come over as well. 
  • The big girls are having a blast-I think. They have planned the movie for the girls and are even voluntarily sleeping in the bonus room. Reagan said that the little girls had made spots for them on the couch. I told her that those girls were going to always remember when the big kids spent the night with them.
  • We didn't get back to the house until almost 11. It is midnight right now, and I think that they just started the movie. That's fine with me though because I am about to take my shower and go to bed.

July 2, 2022-Dennie Family Trip 2022

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I think that we all slept pretty well last night. When Robby was ready, he took Bentley for a walk this morning which left me with the job of making sure that everyone was awake and getting dressed for our family breakfast at the Arcade in Memphis.

When he returned, I had completed my assignment, but I was already laying back down because that job wasn't easy at all. Everyone was soon ready to go, and we happily hopped in the car to meet everyone else We were doing well on our time and would be on time if not early.

I don't think that I mentioned last night as we were driving back to the campground, the girls, who were sitting in the backseat, all heard a sound. They mentioned it and seconds later it sounded like something fell out off the car. 

By the time that we arrived at Les' house, we were convinced that it was the hubcap; however, that wasn't it since the hubcap was still there. I believe that we didn't really hear anything else on our drive back to the campground last night and just kind of forgot about it.

Today, though, we were barely out of the campground when there was a noise again. Robby pulled over and rolled around on the ground looking and feeling around the wheel. Everything looked fine. About 10 miles later though we knew everything was not fine at all. 

There were more sounds-sometimes it was a klunk, sometimes it sounded plasticy, sometimes it was a thud and sometimes it was metaly. Robby decided to head to Walmart, but when there was another loud kerplunk, we really though we had a flat. We pulled into a gas station, and again there was nothing.

It stopped a bit, but then he did back up and that didn't sound good at all. Then he drove around with me standing outside, and the sound was gone again. So we just crossed our fingers and headed on towards Memphis. 

By this time, we were the last ones to arrive at the Arcade-and we were probably a pretty stressed out group! The tire didn't make too much noise on the way there, but we just didn't know what was going to happen. We walked in and found everyone else. There was a table for my crew, and we all sat down. Robby sat by Les and Grandpa for a minute, and then turned to tell me that he was taking the car somewhere. 

Les had told him where to go, and we diligently tracked him until he made it back to Hernando to the car place. Our meals were good and massive. I think that everyone really enjoyed their breakfasts-Reagan and I probably could have split ours, but I think we were both thinking that we would just save our leftovers for Robby. 

Dana and her crew headed to Graceland to see Elvis. And now with our car gone, that left 7 of us stranded downtown. Not really too stranded since Josh and his carload took Les back to their house to pick up his car so between his car and Shelley's they would have room for us.

While he was gone on that journey, we all finished eating and then walked through the bookstore next door. Then we crossed the street to go to the Amtrak hotel and station. That place was pretty swanky. Grandpa stayed there while Shelley, Grannymom, the kids and I walked to the farmer's market on the next block.

I really enjoy farmer's markets though I do never buy anything. We had time to kill so while Shelley drove Grannymom, Grandpa and Campbell to the Peabody, the rest of us walked. It was almost a mile to walk, but we were able to see the Orpheum and the Motel Lorraine along the way.

Soon we were walking through the parking garage in the Peabody. Surprisingly, we still beat the car riders. Thankfully, Shelley did bring us in waters after our walk. We watched the ducks swim in the fountain and even saw the ducks in training in the duck palace on the roof.

After looking in the gift shop, Les arrived, and we all headed back to Mississippi. We stopped on the way to pick up Robby who had gathered up everything in the car. By that time, he had found out that they suspected the emergency brake was probably breaking. This also mean that it would be later this next week before they could get to is, and it would not be safe to tow.

So the car will have to be dealt with anther day, we first had to get through this day. We then headed back to Les' house. Robby, Reagan, Anderson and I took Les' car to the campground to get Bentley and to get all of our supplies (mainly bathing suits) for the day. The campground is a good 15 miles from Les' house so nothing was really easy about this trip. 

By this time Bentley had been in her kennel around 5 hours which is the longest we really like to leave her. She does fine even with longer, but we just feel bad for her longer than that. She was happy to get in the car because she sure enjoyed Les' house yesterday with Layla and Delta. 

We went back, and the kids immediately started swimming. All of them swam, and most of them will have a sunburn tomorrow! I guess the boys are just getting ready for their beach tans! Soon the desserts were pulled back out along with the bbq from yesterday. 

We swam and ate most of the afternoon. This evening we all headed out again to Memphis to go and eat at Elwood's Shack. The food was good-Robby and I split bbq nachos. Keaton had a chicken taco which looked delicious-it looked good enough that I really regretted not getting one myself.

After supper, we went right on down the road to Jerry's Snowcones. Whitman did get a lemon snowcone which tasted like a cleaning spray-or like dusting spray. Keaton shared hers with him.  I tried to share mine with him which I was already sharing with Reagan, but he disliked mine so much that he spit it out. Reagan and I were sharing an orange dreamsicle that had real ice cream in it-and it was wonderful.

While we were there, it rained a little bit on us making it pretty humid for our family picture. Robby and I have been there before we the kids, but I sure can't find it on the blog so we have no idea when we were there. It must have been within the last 10 years though because both big boys remember it. 

Then it was back to Les' house. And we had a few options. Option 1: Have Les and Shelley both drive us out to the campground tonight, and then us drive back to their house towing the empty tow dolly early in the morning. (The empty dolly bounces around quite a bit so our speed would be slow doing this.) Option 2: Well, we had an option 2 thought out, but I sure don't remember it right now. Option 3: Robby and I take Les' car to the camper to pack up and return to their house with his car on the tow dolly, and then us drive home this evening.

All of that, plus not having the generator making day time driving warm, we opted for the third choice. Anderson came with us and was able to help us out for sure. It took no time at all to pack everything back up. I am sure that neighbors wonder what illegal stuff we are up to since we arrived at midnight and left around 10 another day.

Another factor in all of this is that Campbell, Anderson and Graham all have to leave for camp tomorrow evening. Now, we know they could have gotten home with Grannymom and Grandpa or Pops' would have helped get them if needed. However, that was just hanging over our heads since they have to shop and pack. 

We then towed Les' car back to their house. It was no problem at all, but I was stressed since it wasn't our car. We made it fine, and once we arrived there, the boys all drug the dolly up their driveway so they could keep it until we return for the car.

How and when do we return for the car you ask? Well, who knows. Best case scenario-we take the camper in Tuesday for generator work, and they fix it in a timely manner. The car is fixed soon as well, and we drive the camper back to Hernando to get the car and dolly on our way out of town somewhere. 

We aren't holding our breath that things will happen like that. However, we can easily drive the camper there and back in a day to pick up the car and dolly if we need to. Yes, we could pull the car with the surburban but we don't feel comfortable doing that (a bit more unstable and probably don't need to take that car far from home) so the camper will be the one to return and get the car. 

So all of that leaves me to what is happening right now: It is almost 1, and we are 66 miles from home. The only kid I am for sure about is Graham, and he is sleeping soundly on the couch. Whitman is probably watching his ipad near Reagan who is probably sleeping. Campbell and Keaton are both probably sleeping as well. Anderson, who doesn't sleep in cars and will hopefully sleep in the church bus tomorrow night, is probably on his phone. Robby is drinking a coke, eating gummy bears and listening to church music. Bentley was just laying on Graham's legs and is probably sound asleep as well.

Right now the plan is to go to church-Graham said earlier he hasn't been at all this summer. We shall see how things go tonight and in the morning though. Only 61 miles now to go!

Update: 1:45 and driving down Lawson road. 

July 1, 2022-Dennie Family Trip 2022

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We did sleep wonderfully well last night. Robby and I were the first ones to stir and tried to stay quite so the others could sleep. We eventually did sneak off for a walk with Bentley who had left our bed at 7. Robby went to check on her after she left our bed and came back to report that she was laying on Graham's bed and he was laying on the floor. Everyone was sleeping so he didn't do anything about it.

We took Bentley on a walk around the campground which is surrounded by a lake. We did decide that this place is very similar to Lake Maumelle. Unfortunately, our campsite isn't the best-we have a small pad for the camper, a bit of mud and picnic table a bit out of the way. Not all of the sites are like this one though. However, that is all fine because we were at the campground longer today than we ever will be.

This place is surprisingly big actually. Robby and I walked and walked this morning. Some sites were right on the lake and had a super cool breeze floating in. When we came back, people were starting to stir. People had breakfast-not a "fancy" camping breakfast, but just poptarts, granola bars and cereal. 

There was another walk, but this time Campbell joined us. There is a swimming beach here that is closed. We wondered why it was closed, but it isn't just closed it is deserted and abandoned. When we returned from our walk, Anderson and Graham were outside and came to meet us.

Then Graham, Campbell, Keaton, Whitman and I played a card game outside on the picnic table. There was some debate about who the winner was-Graham did keep the score and was pretty sure that Whitman won, but Campbell disagreed. Either way, half of the people didn't understand the game until we were halfway through so we will have to play again.

By this time, it was nearly 1 so we worked on our lunches. Afterwards, we soon headed to Les' house to officially begin the Dennie family trip. Grannymom and Grandpa were already there. Some of the kids swam. It was pretty hot, and I kind of wished that I would have brought my bathing suit because the water was not super cold at all. 

Now the Dennie family trip is always a highlight, but this year it will definitely be a highlight for Bentley. She loved hanging out in Les' backyard with Delta and Layla. She ran and played and had so much fun. Tonight when we went to the ballgame, we had her kennel with us so she just stayed at their house in her kennel.

Dana and her crew arrived in time to swim some before supper. Then the bbq was heated up, and we ate bbq and delicious baked beans. My mom can make great baked beans, but that is something that I just can not figure out how to do. These today were really good-I guess my calling is not making baked beans, but possibly making something else. Maybe I will someday figure out what that something else is.

After supper, Robby and I went to see Les' new lot along with a house that will be similar to their new one. Don't tell, but it sure made me want a new house. We have a few other things to buy before a new house-in order: car, car, glasses, college, braces, college, car, braces, college, college, car, college, college. That order probably isn't exactly correct, and honestly, I am not too sure why I threw in the glasses since those aren't really that expensive. I have one child now that probably really needs glasses, but since they have braces I am going to let them wait-I don't want the teenage years to be too traumatic!

Then it was time to head downtown to the Redbirds baseball game. We parked right nearby at a parking garage so we really only had to walk about 2 blocks to the game. Our seats were pretty good-plus they were in the shade which was wonderful! There was even a very occasional breeze which was nice when it happened.

The Redbirds lost, but Whitman was rooting for the other team. He did even call the Hogs a time or two even though he usually doesn't root for the teams we are cheering for. Campbell managed to snag a baseball tonight while they were hanging out near the third base area.

Robby bought the whole crew frozen lemonade. It was a treat for sure, but it was still pretty warm this evening. Since we did eat early, Reagan and Graham had to have themselves a pretzel-I wanted to have a bite of theirs since it looked so good, but since they split it, they also devoured it.

After the game, they had fireworks on the field, and goodness they fireworks were long. I could almost say that they were Osborne like or even Disney like for sure. They just kept going on and on and on. Also since they were being shot from the field, you were able to see them going off-I don't think that I have ever seen fireworks shooting off like that since they are usually far away or behind something.

It took us a bit to get back to Les' house to pick up Bentley. She wasn't ready to go and wanted to stay and play with her new friends, but we had a drive back to the campground. We made it back and folks had a snack and drinks before changing for bed. Robby had a shower, and I am next. Then it will be lights out.

June 30, 2022-Dennie Family Trip 2022

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The winter of 2012 there was a huge ice storm in Little Rock. leaving us with no power. Robby was able to buy a generator and have it shipped overnight to save the day. Today was similar-the camper potty! We watched it ship from Illinois and when Robby woke up it was in Memphis. We crossed our fingers that it would make it today, and I was walking by the window when the FedEx truck pulled into the driveway.

It didn't take Robby long to get it out of the box. He had done everything he could to be ready to stick it into place-he was just hoping that he didn't have to put it together. Thankfully, it was only in a few pieces so he had it installed and working in no time.

This meant that our trip could begin a little bit less stressed. If the potty hadn't arrived, Robby was going to try to just make the old one work with the new pieces that he had ordered though they wouldn't be exactly right, or we would just have to get a hotel room. Thankfully, the potty is in working condition and all is well. 

Actually, things are mostly well. Robby is having some problems hooking up right now. He keeps blowing a fuse on the outside box. It is 12:30, and this was his third time to go outside. This time he did switch some cords around so hopefully that solves it. 

Robby and I were the first ones awake at our house. I tried to stay in bed as long as I could-there wasn't much to do today, but I knew that I would stay busy. And no, housekeeping was no where on my list. I guess I have given that up. What I need is a party or something to take place at our house so I feel compelled to clean things up a little bit. 

As things are going right now, people are only home a day or two or sometimes just a few hours before they leave again so no one really seems to notice how the house needs a good scrubbing. For example, Robby figures that he has slept in the camper 33 nights out of the last 50. (And just to be clear-when he has slept in the camper, it is because he has been gone, not because I kicked him out of the house). My plan is actually to get to work on cleaning the house next week while some of the kiddos are at Beach Camp.

I did of course do the laundry and dishes. Those things are non-negotiable. Campbell was the busiest kid today-she made puppy chow, helped Robby with the rice krispy treats and had to pack herself. We actually wanted her to wash Bentley, but we forgot to ask. She isn't that bad-and I have some dry doggy shampoo that I may use on her tomorrow. I have never had dry shampoo-wonder if it would work on me?

Quite a bit of my day was spent tracking Reagan and Anderson on their way home from New Orleans and Graham while he was on his way home from St. Louis. Seeing all my babies get closer to home sure did make me happy. By this afternoon, everything at home was ready to go, and we were just sitting on go.

The kids were supposed to arrive at the church around 4:30, but it was closer to 5. They were all full of stories when they came home. They all had a wonderful time-Anderson even said that he enjoyed the mission trip more than the church camp. Everyone agreed that they worked lots more than last year (It was the running joke that the kids did more than the youth last year.) Both trips really seemed to push my kids out of their comfort zones-talking to and praying with people, and they all loved it.

We picked up supper on the way home, but as soon as we walked into the house, bags were unzipped and clothes were thrown into the washer. It took both washers to wash all of their clothes. I had wanted to wash their blankets and sleeping bags as well, but that would have been another 2 hours. I did put them all in the dryers while waiting on the other loads to go into the dryer. 

Our goal was the leave at 8, but it was about 11 minutes after. That was fine, and really everything was fine until we hit construction traffic which slowed us down by about 20 or 30 minutes. We didn't stop on the way here-Graham was the only one who slept and Reagan had slept while the clothes washed at home. 

Getting to the campground did seem to take forever. I know getting someplace in the dark does make everything seem sketchier too. Robby already knew that we were going to unhook the car at the bathhouse. That went well,

Then we just had a bit of a drive to our campsite. It was super dark backing in, but he did just fine. This site is pretty narrow-Robby and Campbell have already stepped in mud which makes us think maybe it has rained her recently. 

Campbell was wise enough to think of going to the bathhouse to wash her shoe/foot. Keaton walked with her (Anderson, Robby, Bentley and I were all outside as well). Bentley had a fit when they left so I took her that direction when they didn't come. Keaton said she didn't like this place because it is sketchy-I reminded her that it is just dark. This is a corp of engineers site so it is probably comparable to Maumelle Park-well, we shall see in the daylight tomorrow.

People were working on beds and brushing teeth as soon as Robby had hooked up tonight. Keaton was asleep in no time at all. Hopefully, everyone can sleep a good bit in the morning and catch up on some rest.