Camping Our Way

Long before Kev came into the picture, I would go camping with my friend M, her sister and her husband. Most of the time we camped on an island in the middle of Lake Ouachita. We would take a generator to run lights, music, and charge phones, but other than that we roughed it. There have been a few times that I have camped at sites with electrical hookups and showers. When Kev and I started dating, he took me to Lake Winona. His dad took him there to hunt growing up. You are literally 30 minutes from the nearest country store that may or may not be open. There isn't any cell phone service unless you drive 10 minutes up the mountain and there is not any electricity.

This is the site we camped at Sunday night after we left the Caddo River. We didn't have a generator this time but had a converter for the truck, so we were able to blow the air matress up and charge our phones enough to listen to music. I was kind of disappointed that it wouldn't run the coffee pot, but oh well. I need to get a camping french press anyways.

This is what camp looked like about an hour after being there. Everything is set up. (I know the rain guard isn't on the tent correctly. I was just letting it dry out after the showers we had that morning. We don't usually sleep with it on when there isn't anyone around.) 

Anyways...

Kev resting in my hammock. It is by far my favorite place to nap. 

This site, there are two different ones we like, is right by a creek. It comes in handy when it is flowing.

We did get a few showers Sunday evening. Once we saw the dark clouds rolling in, we secured everything and drove up the mountain to check the radar. We were out of the storms path, so we just got a few showers. This is the rain set up. I put the tarp up to keep us dry.

We didn't think about putting the firewood up until it was too late. So Kev started the fire with the twigs that were under the canopy, lots of paper, and some wet wood. It took awhile, but it finally started blazing.

Roasting a hot dog.

Monday was gorgeous. We drove down to the lake and up the mountain.

The view from about halfway up the mountain.

Even though I enjoyed the company of Saturday night. I sure did enjoy the peace and quite of Lake Winona. It was nice to not have the dogs to worry about and have Kev all to myself!!