Morice Camping 2008

Then the rain began again and the mosquitos found what they were looking for….fresh meat. A neighboring camper even said how much fun they had watching each new resident arrive and spend the next 15 -20 minutes being consumed by mosqitos. The bugs are the worst he’s seen in all his years of camping. Lucky us.

We, of course, packed bug spray but couldn’t locate it for 15 mintues. The bugs had no other victims for 30 miles around apparently. We were attacked instantly and each one of us had bites that made our skin swell to such a degree that it developed a shiny “tauntness” to it. here's a picture of a ggod bite Selah got on her eye...

We were so blessed to be able to nurish the local wildlife! The kids were very happy to seek refuge in the camper once it was up!


We saw some great wildlife, too! A field full of nursing cows – the “little baby moo cows” (as Selah calls them) were really cute. There are some sort of cranes or egrets all around that have young with them as well and deer everywhere.



Also, there was the most beautiful Oriole darting around the lake. I tried to take a picture, but it was too dark. I’ll put the photo up here, but all you can see is the blur of orange.

You’ll have to trust me that the bird was amazing!

Then the skies completely cleared in time to make a fire, cook smores and watch the stars come out.

It’s always so amazing how many more stars they have out in the country! And Tony saw a shooting star! (or so he says. Suspiciously, no one else saw it. Hmm……)

While we were enjoying the stars, a large and noisy bullfrog joined the night chorus. It was so cool to listen to the range of sounds he could make. Until we wanted to sleep….the thing never shut up all night long!!!!! Me, the animal lover, found myself telling Tony that if he had to get up to go to the bathroom at night, bring rocks and hit the frog to quiet him! I’m ashamed to admit it, but he never stopped ALL NIGHT LONG! You’d think he’d have to sleep some time!

Sleeping on matresses instead of cold hard ground is definitly the way to camp. I will never camp any other way! However, sleeping with Selah is HORRIBLE! She wiggles like crazy, but worst of all she grinds her teeth with such intensity I don’t have any idea how she can possibly have teeth left! We have got to contact a dentist about that when we get home!

posted by Morice Family  # 7:21 PM