We did it! It took maybe an hour or two to get it all ready to go, and that was mainly because we realized our awning had a faulty piece. We rigged it up anyway and had a nice little campsite! After unpacking we found we had plenty of room in our little home away from home.
We explored a bit around our campsite before it got too dark the first day. We were able to see a little slice of the Lake from our campsite. It was so pretty! We even saw a snake in the water.
The first night we went to the playground at the campsite, then had a fire & s'mores before bed. We all fit nicely in the camper, the three youngest on one bed, Leah on the table-turned-bed, and Brett and I on the other bed. The temps got pretty cool at night so we were comfortable, in spite of one mishap involving the CO detector in the camper beeping loudly at 1 am. That was an adventure!
The second day we set out for a hike at Mt. Philo. I had been wanting to do this hike awhile-- it is a summit up a mountain (a small one, but still, I knew it would have a great view!). It was a little tougher than we thought with lots of steep hills and rocky paths. There were some great rocks to climb. It took us about an hour to get to the top, and the kids complained a little and wanted to rest a lot but it was definitely worth it at the top.
After lunch at a nice little cafe in Burlington, we took a quick trip up to a museum in Burlington for which we have an annual pass. We got to see a new Around the USA exhibit they have, which had a lot of fun hands-on things to do, and the kids love the giant imaginary play area they have. It was a short visit and left them wanting more, but we had other things to do!
After the museum we headed to ride on a Ferry to New York. We had recently won a free round trip, and didn't really have any need for it to actually get to New York, so we decided to ride just for fun. It was a nice 30 minute little trip and the kids enjoyed wandering around, up and down the stairs seeing the different views.
We found a neat little ice cream shop just off the Ferry and enjoyed some ice cream before getting right back on to head back to Vermont.
That was definitely enough stuff to do for one day, so we relaxed back at the campsite for our second night. Jacob happily played with his "Paw Patrol friends" for almost an hour while everyone else just played on the camper or wandered around or enjoyed our campfire.
The morning of our final day we packed up camp and headed to the pool at the campground. It's a nice little pool with a gradual entrance and fountains, which made it perfect for Jacob. He loved going through the "rain" again and again. Leah loved going on the water slide, which was a first for her. Andrew and Abi got a little bored, as they weren't allowed to use floaties or balls or toys but they did find a group of kids to play Marco Polo with for a little and had fun just being in the water!
We all agreed camping is definitely something we want to do again very soon!
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