Decided to go to Blue Springs State Park for a third time this weekend. It was our second time camping at the park. We got the same spot which was nice because we loved it so much last time! It's a quick hour and a half drive from our house so we packed up after work Friday night and got there about 7:15 Alabama time (8:15 our time). Set up camp and went to bed.
After we ate breakfast we hung out outside and the boys set up targets to shoot the bb gun.
We headed into the springs around 830. We texted all our Ohana that the weather looked like it was going to be good and they should head over!
I've been trying to finish the "Handmaids Tale" book for about a month so I was able to read a lot while the boys played in the water. Kennedie decided she would rather read than play in the water.
We heard thunder for a while before the rain actually started. We drug all the stuff we didn't want to get wet to a shelter and waited till it stopped (only about 45 minutes) and right before the rest of our Ohana showed up. The kids played in the water until about 6ish (when the springs part closes) and then we headed back to the trailer with everyone. We grilled up the second set of burgers and hot dogs and we ate again and made s'mores.
Two of the four families left around 930 and the rest of us got ready for bed.
Our camper was full again. On the table bed there was at one point 4 kids. Cale ended up coming to the bed and he slept next to me. The rest of the other family slept in their car. At some point Tim had a sinus headache "attack" and was outside trying to get rid of it, and Kennedie crawled into bed. He came back in when his medicine finally kicked in and instead of moving the 14 year old he went and slept in my gravity chair outside. When we woke up the next morning he said "it was actually pretty comfortable and the mosquito's and flies weren't attacking me".
Since this campground has no WiFi and NO cell signal the kids are forced to come up with other ways to entertain themselves, and talk to each other. While the adults were cooking breakfast they were playing cards at the picnic table.
None of the kids wanted to leave without getting in the water one last time. So we let them hop in and swim for about another hour or so. We love this state park. It's relatively inexpensive to stay ($55 for two nights, and if you are retired or active duty military you and your family get in for free!) and it's not far from our house!
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