oh the great out doors...

every year the same group of girls go camping...and every year we have a blast...this year was no exception. this is the second time we went to the same place....tuolumne, ca. it is a very very small town just east of yosemite national park..this place is serene and beautiful...a perfect place to just let time slip by and hang out...we left late thursday night and got there around 10:30ish and were greeted by a round of hugs and a cup full of a special mix one of the girls came up with...followed by some homemade rap and a WHOLE lot of laughter....the next morning we woke up to a light 4 minute flash of rain and then it was intensely HOT so we drove down to a local watering hole and sat in the water and admired the locals... who were interesting to say the least...

that night the second wave of girls came, played a round of  spoons, laughed, sat by the fire, laughed and ate smores...yum...a camping trip is never a camping trip if you don't have smores...a camping necessity really...the next day we got up early again because there is no such thing as sleeping in while camping...and went to the secret watering hole which is a steep hike down but SOOO worth it! every time we have gone there is no body ever there...this time there was a small group but they left and the place was ours! it is so beautiful i could set up a little tree house and live there for the rest of my life...just me and the mister!

                      my cousin aka "jane" she is so awesome for jumping off this rope

that night we took it easy...had a good yummy filling dinner and basically called it a night...the next morning we packed up...went to the touristy town of jamestown and had one more greasy meal together before we hit the road back home to realty...i can't tell you how much i love these girls...

do you have any camping trips planned this summer?  there is nothing better then, nature, awesome friends, a campfire and a whole lot of laughter....

xo,
cb