Camping and Sick Kids...
Friday started off well enough even though Kelly puked up breakfast (yippee, chewed up Cheerios). The drive was pretty easy until we reached the base of Shenandoah National Park. I must be really dense or something because I didn't realize beforehand that we were camping on the mountains. The road up was okay (very curvy) but then the main road that ran along the ridge was uh, 3000+ feet up in the air with just a little 3 foot stone wall keeping you from going over the edge. I am now officially scared of driving in high places. And Kelly slept through dinner and it was cold. On a good note, it was very pretty and scenic and we saw a dozen deer. I didn't hear any bears in camp that night although I dreamed about them all night and even meeting one silly old bear and his wife. hehe
Saturday it was warmer and nice to be outdoors. Although Kelly puked up her breakfast again (on me this time, joy!). The kids played a lot of frisbee ($.99 ones from Petsmart, hehe) and I really enjoyed just poking the fire. After lunch we took a little hike (a mile) to a waterfall. I think the kids are still a little too young for much hiking, this one involved going downhill and then the return trip was obviously uphill. I ended up carrying Kelly on my back and drill sergeanting Kyle up ("go! a few more steps! you have to go up the hill! go!"). So any more hiking at that point was pretty much out of the picture. This park doesn't really have much to do but hike (no playgrounds, pools, beaches, etc). Again duh, I should have realized this beforehand, it's a National Park, not one of those campy type places with lots of extra stuff. So the kids were all sort of miserable and me too so we were mean to Greg and made him pack up camp and head back to the apartment a day early (sorry dear, I'll plan more "busy work" camp activities next time). Oh and the guinea pig did wonderfully the whole time, I will post pictures after we return home (forgot my camera cable).
Sometime in the middle of the night Kyle came down with a fever and had nightmares. Ally also had a fever Sunday morning. Everyone felt a little better after lunch so we went to the apartment complex pool for a couple of hours. Then their fevers returned and Emily became sick too. I felt bad for the kids but I'm sure our downstairs neighbors were thrilled that the kids were all laying about instead of stomping around.
This morning Kyle seems better, Kelly is still sleeping and Emily and Ally both have low grade fevers and headaches. Zach's been fine all weekend, we'll see how long that lasts. I think we're going to stay here an extra day, driving home Wednesday instead of tomorrow. So if the kids all feel better, I need to line up a few activities tomorrow to get us out of the apartment. I want to find the local library and maybe visit a few little museums in the area. I think I'll be okay living here, it's not too terribly different from the Midwest in most aspects and everyone seems friendly. There's just that extremely annoying part of being 8-12 hours drive from all our family and friends...
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