Hey folks!!
I thought that it would be fun to journal our adventures that we have on our camping trip. I thought that it would make perfect sense to start it off before we leave with us gearing up for the trip, during the trip, and winding down from the trip. What better way is there to journal such an awesome adventure like this!!
We decided to do tent camping, as that provides us with plenty of quality time together without a lot of family/friends around; but it will also be a good reason to have them around from time to time as well. Just a great way to stay active and healthy!
This post is to just get us started and give ya some idea of what is going on. I'll make another post of how our adventures begin here at home first and then will continue through. Please feel free to follow along if you'd like!! We're looking forward to it!
We live on the Oklahoma/Arkansas border in a small town called Wister. It's estimated to be roughly a 22-23hour drive from here. We've planned to not drive the straight through. We've planned to get a nice little hotel in Douglas, Wy right outside of Casper (I believe) the night of June 3rd. This would be put us checking in at the park on the 4th of June. We'll be camping in Canyon Campgrounds, in the northern part of the park. We're planning on staying there until the 10th of June. I believe our check out is on the 10th, but it could be the 11th (I have to double check).
We got our tent in from Amazon last week, and have been dying to set it up. But .... mother nature seems to have different plans for this part of the country all the time. We're in the middle of tornado season here in the midwest and as everyone has seen, it's been a horrendous year for everyone. That includes us as well. While we've blessed to not get hit with an EF4 or EF5, we haven't gone untouched either. This past Tuesday night, we dodged a bullet. We had to take cover and seek shelter as a tornado was headed straight towards my mother in laws. It skipped us. After the sound of the freight train disappeared, we were able to come out and see what was going on. I could see the tornado in some distance in front of us touching down (I couldn't hear it anymore, but we were able to feel the winds kicking up) through the sky lighting up from the lighting storm in the sky. So, needless to say, it took a few days for the storms to move out and to allow the ground to dry out just enough to get the tent set up for a trial run.
Well, the whole purpose of us putting the tent together was to get some experience with this particular tent and seal the seams on it to make sure that we had no leaks while we're on our trip. Needless to say, we got the tent set up and we started to get really excited as we know the trip is right around the corner and we just can't wait ... we simply forgot to seal the seams on the tent. My mother in law said something about sealing it after we tore it down! We'll have to resort to doing this at Yellowstone when we set up!
Here are some photos our tent setting up adventure:
Our tent came in this handy bag with wheels on it! It's a beast for sure!
Here's the tent after it has been layed out on the ground:
Half way up!
Folding the tent back up to make it fit nicely in its little bag!! (This is our where my mother in law decided to remind us about the seam seal that we forgot about in our excitement!):
I'll post more updates as we get closer. I'll be taking a ton of photos during this trip from us packing the car, to the car being stuffed full and to us being on the road (again! Sorry, had the jingle in my head!).
Please feel free to ask any questions, I'll be more than happy to answer any that you may have! Or feel free to comment and follow along!
I thought that it would be fun to journal our adventures that we have on our camping trip. I thought that it would make perfect sense to start it off before we leave with us gearing up for the trip, during the trip, and winding down from the trip. What better way is there to journal such an awesome adventure like this!!
We decided to do tent camping, as that provides us with plenty of quality time together without a lot of family/friends around; but it will also be a good reason to have them around from time to time as well. Just a great way to stay active and healthy!
This post is to just get us started and give ya some idea of what is going on. I'll make another post of how our adventures begin here at home first and then will continue through. Please feel free to follow along if you'd like!! We're looking forward to it!
We live on the Oklahoma/Arkansas border in a small town called Wister. It's estimated to be roughly a 22-23hour drive from here. We've planned to not drive the straight through. We've planned to get a nice little hotel in Douglas, Wy right outside of Casper (I believe) the night of June 3rd. This would be put us checking in at the park on the 4th of June. We'll be camping in Canyon Campgrounds, in the northern part of the park. We're planning on staying there until the 10th of June. I believe our check out is on the 10th, but it could be the 11th (I have to double check).
We got our tent in from Amazon last week, and have been dying to set it up. But .... mother nature seems to have different plans for this part of the country all the time. We're in the middle of tornado season here in the midwest and as everyone has seen, it's been a horrendous year for everyone. That includes us as well. While we've blessed to not get hit with an EF4 or EF5, we haven't gone untouched either. This past Tuesday night, we dodged a bullet. We had to take cover and seek shelter as a tornado was headed straight towards my mother in laws. It skipped us. After the sound of the freight train disappeared, we were able to come out and see what was going on. I could see the tornado in some distance in front of us touching down (I couldn't hear it anymore, but we were able to feel the winds kicking up) through the sky lighting up from the lighting storm in the sky. So, needless to say, it took a few days for the storms to move out and to allow the ground to dry out just enough to get the tent set up for a trial run.
Well, the whole purpose of us putting the tent together was to get some experience with this particular tent and seal the seams on it to make sure that we had no leaks while we're on our trip. Needless to say, we got the tent set up and we started to get really excited as we know the trip is right around the corner and we just can't wait ... we simply forgot to seal the seams on the tent. My mother in law said something about sealing it after we tore it down! We'll have to resort to doing this at Yellowstone when we set up!
Here are some photos our tent setting up adventure:
Our tent came in this handy bag with wheels on it! It's a beast for sure!
Here's the tent after it has been layed out on the ground:
Half way up!
Folding the tent back up to make it fit nicely in its little bag!! (This is our where my mother in law decided to remind us about the seam seal that we forgot about in our excitement!):
I'll post more updates as we get closer. I'll be taking a ton of photos during this trip from us packing the car, to the car being stuffed full and to us being on the road (again! Sorry, had the jingle in my head!).
Please feel free to ask any questions, I'll be more than happy to answer any that you may have! Or feel free to comment and follow along!
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