Camping in Door County 2009

Every year, my friend Alysa and her family go camping in Door County. She writes these great posts about roughing it in the woods with a tent and campfires and such. It sounds wonderful. Well, not to be outdone by Ms. Outdoors-I-was-a-missionary-in-Irian Alysa, we too just got back from our annual camping trip to Door County, because if you know anything at all about me, you know how much I LOVE camping. Here is our campsite:

(Most importantly, and achieving my constant life goal of always having a private bathroom...)

A close second? The full kitchen...



This next picture takes a little explaining. We actually rent the first floor of a house. It's pretty much a word-of-mouth arrangement. Families who stay are asked to clean it before they leave for the next visitors. Usually when we arrive, it's immaculate. However, the family before us had seven children. I would say that they left it orderly. However, it was not up to the standards my mother has instilled in me. The sink was absolutely atrocious, actually, and I have kind of a fetish about clean sinks. So before we left, I spent a good portion of morning on this (sorry I have no "before" picture):



This is the guest bedroom...



Here is our bedroom...



The living room/dining room...



The girls' room (there's another twin bed not in the picture, plus a little year-round Christmas tree, which they were crazy about)...


The first day we were there, the girls ran around the large yard and picked raspberries and peas. The industrial harvesters were coming that night to pick all the peas, so the owner of the house told us to get whatever we wanted that day. Then that night we had fresh peas and raspberries for supper.

So, as you can see, I am just as adventurous and intrepid as Alysa. I am so ready for the mission field, don't you think?

I'll have more tomorrow on the rest of our trip!