July 4th Camping Trip

Our camping trip this past weekend followed closely on the heels of our trip to Peakes Kinney and proved to be a much better time.

We went to Branch Lake Campground.  We have camped there before and always enjoy ourselves; but this trip we chose a different site and I'm glad that we did.  We usually pick a site close to the beach area and it's always busy, with people walking by.  This site was further away and a bit more secluded, but not so far that a walk to the water was torture.

See how large it is?  Lots of space to spread out and a nice sunbathing area.

DD #2 brought a friend this time and was not nearly as bored as she was the first trip.  It was a very relaxing weekend, with time spent napping, swimming and being beach bums.  We were all red by the end of the weekend.

It also happened to be the 4th of July and my birthday!  I made my mom's yummy whoopie pie cake (which she normally makes for me, but she is too far away); you can see it over on my cake blog.  We drove into town to eat at my favorite Chinese restaurant, only to find it closed (very sad face here).  But the fireworks put a smile back on my face.

Grampy showed granddaughter how her sparklers looked just like the big fireworks.

See?

This weekend will find us staying home and relaxing. And I'll be busy picking raspberries then freezing them for enjoyment later in the year.

Blessings!