Camping with Turkeys on the Run

Aaron and I have always been outdoorsy people. The first summer we were married we acquired backpacks and did some backpacking in Bryce and lots of hiking around Utah while we were there. We even took Destroy backpacking when he was 8 months old for three days. We always talked about how we would go camping with our kids, but I was a bit hesitant because I don't sleep well camping as it is, and with a child kicking me in the back every 10 minutes, I wasn't so excited. But I got over my fear of one bad night sleep (you can tell I deeply value my sleep) and we went camping. Aaron somehow rigged getting two days off in a row so we headed out to Turkey Run campground west of Indy.

We went hiking as soon as we got there.

I couldn't resist. The little boys following Dad's footsteps. Ahhhh...

Have I mentioned that Destroy has a new thing for drawing. Oh yes, he draws every chance he gets. Luckily this phase hit right before he started preschool. Anyways, this was him the entire hike. You can pick out various marks from the trail on his shins due to his lack of attentiveness to hiking and more to his notebook and pen. He even adopted our camera case for his obsessions and slung it over his shoulder while he hiked.
It's it beautiful? I reminded us of the gorges in Oregon.
Love the colors. Destroy pointed out that he thought that the rocks were bleeding.

Poking the minnows by the trickle.
Search running across the suspension bridge. It was all fun and games until Daddy started jumping on it. They didn't like that.A millipede. Ew. Destroy tried putting it in his pocket, but that never works. I usually find odd critters at the bottom of the washing machine and I usually cannot determine which kind of critter it was. Feel free to vomit now.
Some cool rays of light.
Eating breakfast. It's only 8 am and we already need a bath! We took our little propane-powered camp stove and had french toast, bacon and eggs. Camping is a great excuse to eat unhealthy food. For dinner we had hot dogs followed by smores. The boys were wondering what we had done with their parents.

The next day we packed our snacks and went on a little canoe trip. The boys had fun looking at the tons of catfish but mostly eating snacks.The best shot we could get. Pretty pathetic.
They have a bunch of covered bridges out there too. There's some kind of covered bridge festival there too, but I'm not that into covered bridges, or bridges in general for the matter, so I think we'll pass. But we had fun and the kids didn't kick me in the back too many times during the night! Destroy didn't want to leave so we told him we'd do it again soon!