This weekend our family escaped to the beautiful Patagonia Lake State Park. Just a stone's throw away from Tucson, but so very lovely and peaceful. It was a bit too exciting when we first arrived. We took the "scenic route", thanks to the GPS navigation system. We ended up having to backtrack and probably ended up adding at least an hour to our travel time. So we arrived under full darkness in a new place with NO idea where anything was. We maneuvered into a spot we thought would work okay and proceeded to open up the camper to set up camp. That's when we discovered the disaster! Our refrigerator had come open at some point en route. The floor of the camper was covered in broken eggs and a full container of French Vanilla creamer had coated the floor from one end of the camper to the other! WHAT A MESS!!! So there we are...in pitch black darkness...freezing cold, trying to use freezing cold wet rags to sop up and remove this egg concoction from the floor so we can let the poor children and two dogs (did I mention that the hounds were along for this particular road trip?!) in from the cold. Oh yeah. It was big fun. We finally got it all cleaned up and got everyone in for the night and we collapsed, exhausted, into bed. The next day dawned bright and crisp...and downright chilly. After a breakfast of bacon and eggs and pancakes, we took a boat tour of the lake...and ended up having 5 tour guides all to ourselves! So we learned a lot and saw a lot and it was a beautiful morning to be out on the water. Then we enjoyed the rest of the afternoon reading and taking long walks...and of course a few pictures! Chris took a much needed nap with Clara. Ben did some fishing, and Max and mom hiked around looking for cool stuff to take pictures of. All in all, it was a wonderful weekend. Our trip back home was without incident...and was a lot shorter too! It was a fantastic time and a place we would definitely visit again! Now we will rest up for 4 days before we head out again! Stay tuned!
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