Part 2: Our First Camping Trip in Sumpter, Oregon

by Kim - 11:51 AM

So we are back from our first camping trip. We all had so much fun and it was such a good experience to have for our first camping. I learned that my baby isn't such a light sleeper and that he can fall a sleep and not wake up even when a train is whistling only a few miles away. Eli did great with his naps, which was something I was a bit worried about. Everyone that came was great to help with that too. With 14 people all hanging around a single campsite, I knew that I would have to just let go and go with whatever happened. Having that attitude helped because I had no expectation for him to take any naps, then when he did, I was surprised!! We all took turn cooking and cleaning up. By the end of the trip we were cooking on the fire, more then the gas stoves. This was fun and made it seem like we were Really camping. During the day on Saturday and Sunday we went to the market that fills the entire town. After Eli and Jax would wake up from there morning naps we would get all packed up for the day and head on out. The town was only a half mile down a wooded path. They also had shuttles that we could take. You would never know that it is such a small town of 137 people though because during the Memorial weekend over 4000 people flock to see the all the cool treasures that show up at the market. This was a tradition for Jeff to do as a kid when he was growing up, so it was really cool to get to share this with Eli. I think we are planning on going next year also, Jeff's dad already has the same campsite reserved.

We left on Wednesday and spent the night in Selah with the Kuhns. We went to Caleb's baseball game and watched American Idol. Then left around 9ish Thursday morning for Sumpter to finish the second half of the the 8 hr drive.