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This past weekend my sister had the Covered Wagon at the campground near her home again for several nights. I was supposed to go but got a sinus infection and felt poorly. Mama checked on me in the daytime, which is wonderful and sweet, but went back to the C.W. at night...leaving the dog in my care?? Geez.

This is FL and it was a hot weekend regardless of what the calendar indicates about the season. They used the heck out of that air conditioner, I can tell you. We haven't even tested the heater yet. When we went out in early December it was supposed to get into the '50's but it was only the '60's which isn't rough if you have a good sleeping bag. (We had several- my sister was very prepared.)

Sunday it rained a lot so they both gave up the ghost for the last night they were to stay- Monday, New Year's Eve. As the camper was wet they left it up and went to their respective homes to sleep (and our house for a kick-butt dinner!). My aunt was supposed to go to her own site out there and tent camped but scraped it and came to dinner. Mama and my sister went back out this AM and broke camp. It wasn't actively raining, at least. But it was kind of a "whimper" as far as an end to the camping trip and the year...

Next up, another one night stay at that campground but right now my sister thinks maybe leave the C.W. at home and just spend the afternoon and evening out there grilling dinner... we'll see. We do have some recipes to try and we want to make cherry dump cake in the dutch oven.

The next big trip is back to Ft. DeSoto in late January so I'm trying to get that Friday off from work. We've already talked about next Christmas and had thought Ft. Wilderness at Walt Disney World but then my sister read on a camping site that it's party central that time of the year. I kind of squashed it at that point- I'm not in to being kept up by other people's idea of a "party." Normally, I go to bed anywhere from 12a-1a. On a camping trip I don't make it past 1op. I'm just wiped out. I'm such a couchpotatoqueen that any physical activity does me in...