Bailey and I had our annual backyard campout with the dogs. It didn't go quite as planned, but was still hilarious nonetheless. We camp with two labs, so we expect chaos each year, but this time the chaos went above and beyond. The dogs we expected, the HUGE storm we did not!
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| We got the tent set up in the middle of the day when they sky was still blue. The dogs weren't very good helpers, but they sure were excited! |
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| We roasted marshmallows in good weather! |
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| We got our beds all set up on one side of the tent, and the dog's beds set up on the other. |
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| They were so happy! This is probably their favorite night of the whole year! |
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| It only took a few minutes to realize that our set up was not going to work. The dogs didn't want their own half of the tent! They wanted to be right with us, and to get them both to listen and get off my stinking bed was IMPOSSIBLE! Reeses was so comfy curled up right on top of my pillow and blanket! Oreo has no personal boundaries, so she thought she should sleep right on top of us! I thought Bailey was going to die laughing! |
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| We redid the set up, and put their beds between us. That worked much better! We were reading and calming down when Mark came out to take pictures...hence my headlamp :)! |
We were all settled in for a nice night, when the fun really got started. The rain started soft, so we thought we could just ride it out. Gradually it got harder and harder, the lightening got brighter and the thunder got louder. Even the power went out! One crack of thunder was so loud that it even freaked Reeses out! That's when we made a run for the house. It took us three trips to get all of our stuff in, and that was enough to get us soaked! We were busting up, and Mark just looked at us like we were nuts. He thinks we're crazy for sleeping out there with the dogs in the first place. We set up camp in the basement (minus the tent), and slept there for the night. At 3:00 in the morning I finally gave up and put the dogs in their kennels. Between Oreo sleeping on top of us, and Reese exploring in the middle of the night, sleep was not happening. It's crazy fun, and we can't wait to do it again next year!
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