The Zereps

::singing:: we’re goin’ campin’ now, we’re on our way! we’re gonna climb up a mountain and run and jump and play! ::/singing::

at least that’s what we thought we were going to do. the pugs wanted to show eric some appreciation for father’s day, so i planned a camping trip for this past weekend, on short notice, mind you. i tried to get reservations for a few campgrounds in rocky mountain national park, but it was all booked up, not surprising since this was wednesday. 😉 i found a little campground several miles out of estes park that had a few vacancies, so i got us a site there. it looked cute on the website, i swear!
after the hustle and bustle of packing and getting sally subi back from midas (needed new brakes….bleh!) we hit the road with visions of campfires and mountain lakes and that proverbial “rocky mountain high.”

our dreams were cut a little short. as soon as we arrived in camp it was glaringly apparent that this wasn’t a secluded and rugged campground. there were lots of people in a small space surrounded by vacation homes, and most horribly–civilization. 🙁 our camp site, which we didn’t get to pick out, was roughly the size of our living room and kitchen combined, and had VERY close neighbors on both sides, a fence behind us, and somebody’s vacation home within yards.

we attempted to make the best of it, and enjoyed cooking outside and having a campfire. sally subi provided the accommodations, and i must say, they were quite comfy. the dogs enjoyed themselves immensely by rolling around in the dirt and lounging in the grass and barking at passerby (which there were many of). however, we ended up coming home a day early, due to the whole close neighbors/ugly/nothing to do nature of the place.

even though we were sorely disappointed in the campground we still had a nice little time. 🙂 but we’ve learned our lesson. next time we’re going somewhere with actual wilderness around and wildlife. i say it’s not camping unless there are pit toilets (or none)!

so check out the album by clicking on the picture below!

for photos of The Bud and Pupcake, see jabba’s site.

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