Young Women Camp-out

We had a young women camp-out at the beginning of spring break, which was a big deal for the girls since they haven't planned many camp-outs for them.  It seems like the boys are always going on camp-outs, but they forget about the girls.  Alex planned the camp-out, and I also went since they needed female leaders to go. We had a great time, with a spaghetti dinner and smores for dinner and dessert.  We stayed up pretty late chatting and got in our tent just before it started raining.  It drizzled a little bit during our pancake breakfast, but then we had a nice hike up to a view of Morro Rock.  The hike was pretty hard for a couple of the girls, but they all made it to the top.  Everyone was eager to get back down quickly and start packing up camp.  Most of the group took off.  Three of us moms hung back with the girl who was having trouble finishing the hike.  We got left behind... we thought we were on the right track but ended up getting lost.  At that point, I was giving the girl a piggy back ride, so we just had to try to get ahold of Alex to come find us and pick us up at the road where we came out.  We had trouble reaching anyone, and eventually I left the girl and 2 moms and ran back up the road a ways and found our camp.  Alex had got the message by then, so everyone was eventually back at camp.  I chastised Alex for leaving us behind and not circling back to make sure we made it.  

We found a cute mouse and caterpillar at camp, and I enjoyed all the wildflowers along the trail.  Alex headed on with the other leader to a meeting.  The moms drove the girls home, stopping for lunch on the way.  I had a pretty busy day because as soon as I got home, I needed to give the dog a bath, put gas in the car for Jared, clean out the car, and then get cleaned up for a wedding reception.  Jared headed to a youth activity with the Owen, Weston, and Savannah.  Everyone got back pretty late that Saturday night.