Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Sand Dunes Camping Part 1

Our camping trip to the Great Sand Dunes was months in the making. At one point we had 40 people who wanted to camp with us. As the months went by, a few dropped off until we ended up with a final headcount of 27. 

We decided for this trip to do group meals and I was in charge. This meant I had to plan and shop for breakfast and dinners for 27 people. It was a massive undertaking which included several shopping trips: 






We left Monday morning (Memorial Day) for the Sand Dunes. We had to make a couple stops, but made pretty good time arriving at the campsite in the early afternoon. We were in Group site A and it was a great site. 

Not long after we arrived, all the other families started showing up. There was an area for all the tents: 



And then a big group area for eating/cooking
 

There were tons of downed branches... probably from the wet/heavy snowstorm the week before. One of the dads took all the branches and made a fort for the kids.



There were tons of trees for the kids to climb


Jack set off with his metal detector


Lily and her girlfriends were already having drama


One minute they hate each other, and the next minute they are having fun again!


Wasn't long before all the kids were filthy


I was just excited to see all my friends


The adults were outnumbered by all the kids


Enjoying our first camping meal


That night the first task was to start cooking the apple cider. It was an amazingly delicious drink for camping


The campfire cones for the kids weren't such a big hit


After dinner the kids decided to tell campfire stories


Ready for bed!
 


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