This past Thursday, we drove to Jackman, Maine for 2 doctors appointments. One was for Silas and the other for me. Since the drive was over 2 hours and 20 minutes and we were wanting to have a family camping trip, we decided to combine the two! We drove from Quebec City on Thursday and had our appointments and then headed into the woods for some fun and adventure. We have posted some pictures as follows. However, they are not in order according to our trip but show the wonderful time that we had!
Silas taking a much needed nap in our tent...he had three shots at the Dr.'s !!!
On one of our hikes, Josh went to step on this stick...it wasn't a stick!!!
This was part of the 5 mile drive through the woods to get to our campsite!!!
It was neat to see moose crossing signs as we drove along...we did get to see a momma moose and her baby feeding on the shores of the lake we camped at.
Here is the lake that we camped on...we even rented a small boat and took the family fishing for 4 hours. We caught bunches of perch, chub and one breem!
As soon as we arrived, we began to set up our campsite.....it didn't take us long because we hurried as the mosquitos and black flies began to attack us !!!.....our first goal was to get the tent set up and start a fire to try to "smoke out" the bugs!
Notice the two guys setting up the tent in the above picture and these two girls celebrating as if they did all of the work!!
Josh did a great job at chopping all of the firewood that we used for the 2 days of camping, and we sure went through the firewood keeping the bugs at bay.....
Kami was worried there wouldn't be a bathroom while camping.........an old fashioned out-house in the middle of the woods complete with spiders and cobwebs!!! The girls had a hard time getting past all of the "ickiness" and cobwebs of our out-house especially in the middle of the night!!!
Here we are on one of our hikes...there were many trails that meandered around the woods.
One of the trails led to this spot along the river called "Rock Rapids".
Some more hiking, I think Silas and I stayed back at camp for this hike .... one of us needed a nap!
Moose Tracks....boy were they big!
We had a wonderful time camping and made some great family memories. I was able to relive some childhood memories from when I went camping with my parents as well. Apart from the bugs, snakes, racoons (that invaded our camp at night and stole food), and 47 degree temperatures at night (we were freezing!), I believe that we are ready to go again......although Kami says she needs a bit more time to recover!
Silas taking a much needed nap in our tent...he had three shots at the Dr.'s !!!
On one of our hikes, Josh went to step on this stick...it wasn't a stick!!!
This was part of the 5 mile drive through the woods to get to our campsite!!!
It was neat to see moose crossing signs as we drove along...we did get to see a momma moose and her baby feeding on the shores of the lake we camped at.
Here is the lake that we camped on...we even rented a small boat and took the family fishing for 4 hours. We caught bunches of perch, chub and one breem!
As soon as we arrived, we began to set up our campsite.....it didn't take us long because we hurried as the mosquitos and black flies began to attack us !!!.....our first goal was to get the tent set up and start a fire to try to "smoke out" the bugs!
Notice the two guys setting up the tent in the above picture and these two girls celebrating as if they did all of the work!!
Josh did a great job at chopping all of the firewood that we used for the 2 days of camping, and we sure went through the firewood keeping the bugs at bay.....
Kami was worried there wouldn't be a bathroom while camping.........an old fashioned out-house in the middle of the woods complete with spiders and cobwebs!!! The girls had a hard time getting past all of the "ickiness" and cobwebs of our out-house especially in the middle of the night!!!
Here we are on one of our hikes...there were many trails that meandered around the woods.
One of the trails led to this spot along the river called "Rock Rapids".
Some more hiking, I think Silas and I stayed back at camp for this hike .... one of us needed a nap!
Moose Tracks....boy were they big!
We had a wonderful time camping and made some great family memories. I was able to relive some childhood memories from when I went camping with my parents as well. Apart from the bugs, snakes, racoons (that invaded our camp at night and stole food), and 47 degree temperatures at night (we were freezing!), I believe that we are ready to go again......although Kami says she needs a bit more time to recover!