Yurt camping trip

Camping at Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park, Oregon, March 12-13

We are so excited that the campgrounds are opening back up and decided to jump on the opportunity with a yurt camping trip last weekend. We also joined family that was camping in their trailer. It was a mighty chilly weekend so we were glad to have the yurt to warm up in. We arrived Friday around 4:30pm just in time to get things set up and start thinking about making dinner which was roasting hot dogs over the fire.

When we arrived we found this fun little display. It looked like someone purposely put the greenery there and then we discovered the painted rock too. It was a fun greeting.

Getting the fire going was kind of a pain. The wood we bought from the state park staff was a bit moist so it was difficult to get it to light. After several attempts to light the fire, we finally prevailed! It was finally time to roast some hot dogs. We were all pretty hungry by now, and it was getting dark.

It was so nice to have the fire for warmth as it got even more chilly when the sun went down.

The boys decided to drive over to the other campsite to visit with family. I stayed at the campsite around the fire to stay warm and to watch it, so I read my book for quite a while. It was nice and peaceful. For those who are interested, I was reading Father-ish by Clint Edwards.

On Saturday we explored the campground and the boys took some rides on the sand vehicles. Alex wanted to go on a rock hunt and see if we could find more painted rocks. At this point, he had already found 2. We never did find anymore, but we had fun walking around.

We explored and found other interesting things like this ravine.

These clovers were outside the bathroom. It reminded me of St. Patrick's Day which was just around the corner.

We played a few games of UNO inside the yurt while warming up. I definitely needed some breaks from the cold. My body just doesn't seem to handle the cold like it used to.

We had planned to camp until Sunday, but the weather was calling for rain on Sunday morning. Thankfully up to Saturday evening we had been rain-free, but we decided that we should probably just go home after dinner on Saturday evening to avoid packing up in the rain in the morning. So, we had our dinner of chicken and rice before we headed home. I do enjoy cooking outside.

That wraps up our first camping trip in 2021!