Camping!

"Um, mom, what's that giant harry beast behind you?" "Oh, that's just big foot.  He lives here." 

We all took Clementine on her first camping trip a couple weeks ago to Canaan Valley, WV and she did great.  She slept through the night, spent all day in the front carrier sleeping and didn't even cry too much on the drive down and back.  She wasn't even 6 weeks old!

Our tent location: Beautiful!

Lucy's bachelorette pad.  Too bad she didn't meet any hot inbreds in West Virginia

Since we were in an alpine climate the nights were freezing and the days were really hot, but it was all worth it for some time around the campfire, marshmallows, good company(our amazing friends, Christi and Dave) and fresh air.  I just love leaving my busy life behind and relaxing my mind, even if my body is still working hard.

Our favorite camp site was taken so we settled for different ones, but still were able to play in the river, catching crawdads and relaxing in the cool water.  The coolest part was the wild blueberries that were all over the place! We were in blueberry heaven.  We spent our days foraging for berries like in times of old. 

Lucy helping out(a lot) with Clementine

Lucy in our orange(can you tell) tent resting with baby in million degree weather

My sister, Lucy, came down from NYC to join us, which was so amazing.  I'm so grateful that I have been able to see her so much lately.  I miss her so much!

Our lovely group around the campfire: Christi, Dave, River, Nya, Lucy, Henry, Bea, Clementine, Me and Justin(taking the pic)

We went to a Bluegrass festival at the Snowshoe ski resort, which was actually very developed and nice.  Loved it!

A great bluegrass group who played at Snowshoe.  I miss playing in a bluegrass band so much!!

We spent some time at the resort's lake and let the boys go extreme downhill mountain biking. 

Me, loving camping, but it seems I still have to convince Clementine how awesome it is(see face)