The Camping Trip That Did Not Happen

So over Veteran's Day weekend we decided to take Kegan out to the desert for some camping and hiking. We drove over to Anza Borrego Springs State Park in the afternoon and set up camp. The drive was beautiful. There is a lot of interesting vegetation out there and we could not wait to explore it. After we set up the tent we went for a small walk around the area (it was a little late to go for a long hike) and saw some cool plants and animal prints. The sunset looked like it was going to be amazing. When we got bakc to camp the wind had picked up a little so we bundled up. I actually ended up with four layers on by the end of our adventure. Kegan was a little trooper. He got a little fussy so we fed him and he took a short snooze. In the meantime, we decided to get things ready for dinner. Adrian had packed a bottle of wine to celebrate our first camping trip with the baby, but we forgot cups. Oh well not a big deal. (At this point the wind was a little stronger and the temps were dropping!) We started to pull out things for dinner but forgot to pack the can opener. That's okay we can have plain pasta. Started to heat the water, stove quit working! Have I mentioned yet how cold it was getting. We ate a granola bar and crawled into the tent. Kegan woke up and had a diaper explosion and was fussy. He was not cold but he did not want to stay in the tent. Then I began to worry that he would get cold while he was sleeping. He could not sleep between us because our tent was too small and I was afraid I had not packed enough warm blankets for him. Adrian got out of the tent to dispose of the dirty diaper and noticed everything outside was wet. The humidity had gone up! I decided that it was time to go (The boys were good-but I could not get warm and stop worrying about the baby). Adrian packed us up and we headed back home. The temp. meter in the car read 46 degrees. Burrr!! Even though we did not camp it was still a great adventure and we learned about some things that we would do differently next time. One thing with the Armold family is that it is always an adventure!