Last night we decided to head over to Raccoon State Rec. Area in Rockville, IN to go enjoy the outdoors, break in the new vehicle, and have Andrew experience his first overnight camping adventure. We met a couple of our friends out there who were able to get there a couple of hours before we did. We almost didn't stay because there was a huge thunderstorm moving in and when we pulled into our spot at the camp site, torrential rainpour decided to greet us. We had to wait a bit before it let up enough to allow us to pitch a tent, but we were able to and therefore we stayed the night.
We took our first official family camping picture. You can see that Andrew has his blanket that he NEVER leaves home without. That kid has a constant ninja, kung-fu grip on it 24/7.
When we got there, we just ate sandwiches instead of trying to light a grill for hamburgers. Andrew played in his Pack 'n' Play and had no problem sleeping that night.
After Andrew went to bed, Dustin was getting something out of the tent and instead of zipping the flap, left it open as to not disturb baby with the noise. We kept an eye on the tent to make sure no random vagabonds decided to sleep in our tent, but I guess we were not so observant.
When I went to enter the tent, I looked down at my feet and saw these footprints!
A raccoon had entered the tent, without us knowing, AND with Andrew sleeping away! Thank God that the raccoon was no longer in the tent and nothing unfortunate happened to Andrew. The worst case scenario would have been finding the raccoon in the Pack 'n' Play with Andrew eating Cheetos.
Well, Dustin learned his lesson, but as it happens, the rest of the night we were under constant attack from other raccoons. At one point, one of the raccoons had actually unzipped our tent about 6 inches! I've never encountered raccoons quite like that, but maybe that's how the Rec. Area got its name?
In any case, Andrew slept great that night and did not have any problem adjusting to his new environment.
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