Camping Time

This past Saturday was spent camping in Huntsville State Park amid the green piney woods, the fresh air and still lake made for serene surroundings and made up for the full camp grounds. I enjoy the outdoors but my experiences with camping are limited to a few trips as a child and a handful of fraternity camping trips which were more of an outdoor bar experience then a true camping trip. That said I of course forgot to pack 2 major items, one of which was an oversight in my rush to get ready and the other just plain city girl stupidity. I forgot tennis shoes but packed my black military boots (to keep warm around the fire) and I wore grey ankle flat boots with denim shorts and white cami with a light weight navy hoodie to go on this adventure in camping. After my boyfriend teased me about my outfit and lack of camping packing skills he graciously offered to take me to the store to purchase jeans and a pair of sneakers, so that I would be properly outfitted for the outdoors. And although we never made it to our intended activity of trail hiking (we more or less sat around a campfire as we started in on our rum and Mexican cokes a bit too soon) it was wonderful to enjoy the surroundings of nature and sip on a cold a drink. Next time I plan on doing some trail riding and maybe a bit of kayaking, it'd be nice to camp for entire weekend and as the site at Huntsville State Park offers showers and bathrooms it wouldn't be so bad. Who knows maybe there’s an outdoorsmen yet in this city girl!