Camping at Leo Carrillo

If you love to camp, the beach is the way to go! It is actually really hard to get a campsite reservation anywhere in California. You have to reserve 6 months in advanced and you have to be the first one on the Internet fighting for your site. It is really crazy! It reminds me of when I went to Ricks College and had to fight for my classes I wanted. Last year I was in for the fight, but this year I didn't do it. I wasn't thinking we would even be around locally this summer to be honest. Well, the kids were begging to go camping, so a couple weeks ago, I got on the Internet at reserveamerica.com (that's how you get a site). Of-course every campsite from here to Morro Bay was taken. I was talking to my friend who gets reservations every year and she said to just check everyday sporadically. She assured me that something would come up, that there were people canceling all the time! So, one afternoon after checking a few times that very morning, something came up. I was so excited that I just went ahead and booked it without even talking to Dan first. A whole week at Leo Carrillo was available. I used to camp there with my own family as a child, so I couldn't wait! I called Dan and he was equally excited! His boss (his father) had told him that he was accruing too much vacation time and needed to take time off. Believe it or not, that is very hard for Dan to do. He is so hardworking and dedicated to his job! We have never had Dan for a whole week before! We were all so excited!

So, here we are! We had the best time. The kids loved it! We spent every day at the beach. It is crazy how fast the days go when you are camping. This was our schedule everyday: We would wake up at 8:00, eat breakfast, hang out around the campsite, beach, lunch, hangout/hike, dinner, campfire, and bed. The kids were in bed by 8:30 every night because they were so exhausted. The kids were very upset and complained when we told them it was over. The days went way too fast! We enjoyed Leo Carrillo's beautiful rocks and caves. They have very pretty campsites with lots of trees to climb on. Our campsite was the best! It had complete shade with avery fun tree.

Monday night was our favorite! We had the Mackay's and my brother John's family join us for dinner and smores. The kids had a blast getting dirty! Our highlight of the night was when Dan stepped on a mouse and then threw it into the fire. We did have a lot of mice around the campground, which actually terrified me. I made sure I had tennis shoes on as soon as the sun went down every night. That is when they would appear and that is when the kids were begging to go to bed. They are not stupid! They saw what Daddy did too and were not at all sad for that poor little mouse. I was also happy sitting on my lounge chair with my feel up. So, here are just a very few pictures I took.
You can find even more here! I am in only one. What does that tell you?