We arrived at Hugo Lake State Park well after dark. No one was there to greet us or take us to our cabins. Our cabins were locked and it was pitch dark. We also realized that we were locked in the park and couldn't drive to find a hotel. It became clear to us that we were on our own for the first night. The kids were excited about the fact that we may have to all (8 of us) sleep in one tent or in the cars...Luckily, one of the dads said "Let's check under the mat" Sure enough, there were the keys!! We were in and our camping adventure began!
The next day was beautiful--very hot and no rain, so the kids took off down by the lake (which was right behind the cabins)and caught all sorts of bugs, climbed rocks, and tried to catch fish (no luck).
We turned on the sprinklers in the middle of the day to cool off and went to the swimming beach at at the lake. We slowed things down to play Emily's "Dora Dominoes" and then finally ended that big day with a delicious dinner prepared by the Meadows!
Of course, no camping trip would be complete without smores and glow sticks which the kids ran with in the dark like crazy for an hour playing all sorts of silly games with the glow sticks from ninjas to Star Wars......
Sunday morning, we woke up to pouring rain, so we cooked breakfast on the screened in porch and lingered back there (remember we had a coffeemaker) for a couple of hours while the kids ran around in the cabins. Finally, time to pack up for the wet trip back home. Jackson and Drew call the Meadows kids their "camping cousins" and can't wait to go again next year. We all came home with smiles on our faces from a great weekend!
We arrived at Hugo Lake State Park well after dark. No one was there to greet us or take us to our cabins. Our cabins were locked and it was pitch dark. We also realized that we were locked in the park and couldn't drive to find a hotel. It became clear to us that we were on our own for the first night. The kids were excited about the fact that we may have to all (8 of us) sleep in one tent or in the cars...Luckily, one of the dads said "Let's check under the mat" Sure enough, there were the keys!! We were in and our camping adventure began!
The next day was beautiful--very hot and no rain, so the kids took off down by the lake (which was right behind the cabins)and caught all sorts of bugs, climbed rocks, and tried to catch fish (no luck).
We turned on the sprinklers in the middle of the day to cool off and went to the swimming beach at at the lake. We slowed things down to play Emily's "Dora Dominoes" and then finally ended that big day with a delicious dinner prepared by the Meadows! 
Of course, no camping trip would be complete without smores and glow sticks which the kids ran with in the dark like crazy for an hour playing all sorts of silly games with the glow sticks from ninjas to Star Wars......
Sunday morning, we woke up to pouring rain, so we cooked breakfast on the screened in porch and lingered back there (remember we had a coffeemaker) for a couple of hours while the kids ran around in the cabins. Finally, time to pack up for the wet trip back home. Jackson and Drew call the Meadows kids their "camping cousins" and can't wait to go again next year. We all came home with smiles on our faces from a great weekend!
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Sounds like the perfect camping outing. Fun for all. The pictures are great and verify that you all had a super outing. I do wonder why there are no pictures of the tent-the center piece of all camping outings. I'm not sure you actually had one. But it does look like you've started a super annual family tradition. Kinda reminds me of my childhood with an annual family campout for 2 weeks somewhere in Island Park or around Jackson Hole. I still have very fond memories of those times and I know you all will treasure your memories of your campouts as well.
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