Gee Family

Alan and I have been promising Ashlyn all summer that we would take her camping and fishing. Realizing that we have about three weeks left of summer we decided we better keep our end of the deal. We decided Thursday night to leave Friday afternoon. We first stopped at Smith and Morehouse and soon realized that reservations were required several days in advance. So we drove to Rockport. The same was true. So we back tracked again and went up the Mirror Lake highway and camped at Yellow Pine in the Unitas. Ashlyn had a blast. She was so excited to sleep in a tent and roast marshmallows--even though she does not like to eat them. She was a little worried about bears (only because the camp ranger had stopped to give us bear safety tips) so she devised a plan that involved her gathering rocks to throw at a bear should one dare to enter our camp. The next morning we got up and went fishing. Thankfully, three-year-old attention spans are not very long and after catching three fish and touching them all she was finished. We all went home feeling pleased with our family adventure and excited to do it again. Note that Baby Angie was on this camping trip as well. We could not convince her to leave her at home. There is nothing like sharing a sleeping bag with Ashlyn and Angie.